释义 |
sorb I. \ˈsȯ(ə)rb\ noun (-s) Usage: capitalized Etymology: German Sorbe, from Sorbian serb 1. : wend 2. : wendish II. noun (-s) Etymology: French sorbe fruit of the service tree, from Latin sorbum 1. : any of several Old World trees related to the apples and pears (as a wild service tree or rowan tree) 2. or sorb apple : the fruit of a sorb III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: back-formation from absorb & adsorb : to take up and hold either by adsorption or absorption : occlude |