英语词汇“brier”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

bri•er¹ or bri•ar n.

Plant Biology[countable] a plant or shrub that is prickly and has thorny stems.
Plant Biology a tangled mass of prickly plants:[uncountable]We heard the animals crashing through the brier.

bri•er² or bri•ar n. [countable]

Plant Biologya type of plant, the white heath, with a woody root which is used for making tobacco pipes.
a pipe made of this.

bri•er¹ n.

Plant Biologya prickly plant or shrub, esp. the sweetbrier or a greenbrier.
Plant Biologya tangled mass of prickly plants.
Plant Biologya thorny stem or twig.

Also, briar.

bef. 1000; Middle English brer, Old English brǣr, brēr; akin to bramble

bri′er•y, adj.

bri•er² n.

Plant Biologythe white heath, Erica arborea, of France and Corsica, the woody root of which is used for making tobacco pipes.
a pipe made of brierroot.

Also, briar.

Celtic *wroiko- Old Irish froech, Welsh grug) + Latin -āria -ary; compare early Medieval Latin brucus, brugaria; see -er², -ar²
Gaulish, perh. *broiko- (with early Latin change of oi ū)
Gallo-Latin *brūcāria field of heather, equivalent to *brūc- heather (
French bruyère, Old French
earlier bruyer 1865–70

bri•er³ n. [Usually Disparaging.]

Dialect Terms(chiefly in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee) a rustic or hillbilly, esp. one from Appalachia.

shortening of brier hopper

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

brier, briar /ˈbraɪə/ n

any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier

Etymology: Old English brēr, brǣr, of obscure origin

ˈbriery, ˈbriary adj

brier /ˈbraɪə/ n

a variant spelling of briar¹

bri•ar n.

Plant Biology brier.

bri•ar¹ n.

Plant Biologybrier¹.

bri′ar•y, adj.

bri•ar² n.

Plant Biologybrier².

briar, brier /ˈbraɪə/ n

Also called: tree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea, of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot)
a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant

Etymology: 19th Century: from French bruyère heath, from Late Latin brūcus, of Gaulish origin

ˈbriary, ˈbriery adj

briar /ˈbraɪə/ n

a variant spelling of brier¹

单词	brier
释义	WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 bri•er¹ or bri•ar /ˈbraɪɚ/USA pronunciation n. Plant Biology[countable] a plant or shrub that is prickly and has thorny stems. Plant Biology a tangled mass of prickly plants:[uncountable]We heard the animals crashing through the brier. bri•er² or bri•ar /ˈbraɪɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable] Plant Biologya type of plant, the white heath, with a woody root which is used for making tobacco pipes. a pipe made of this. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 bri•er¹ (brī′ər),USA pronunciation n. Plant Biologya prickly plant or shrub, esp. the sweetbrier or a greenbrier. Plant Biologya tangled mass of prickly plants. Plant Biologya thorny stem or twig. `Also, briar.` bef. 1000; Middle English brer, Old English brǣr, brēr; akin to bramble bri′er•y, adj. bri•er² (brī′ər),USA pronunciation n. Plant Biologythe white heath, Erica arborea, of France and Corsica, the woody root of which is used for making tobacco pipes. a pipe made of brierroot. `Also, briar.` Celtic *wroiko- Old Irish froech, Welsh grug) + Latin -āria -ary; compare early Medieval Latin brucus, brugaria; see -er², -ar² Gaulish, perh. *broiko- (with early Latin change of oi ū) Gallo-Latin *brūcāria field of heather, equivalent to *brūc- heather ( French bruyère, Old French earlier bruyer 1865–70 bri•er³ (brī′ər),USA pronunciation n. [Usually Disparaging.] Dialect Terms(chiefly in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee) a rustic or hillbilly, esp. one from Appalachia. shortening of brier hopper Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: brier, briar /ˈbraɪə/ n any of various thorny shrubs or other plants, such as the sweetbrier and greenbrier Etymology: Old English brēr, brǣr, of obscure origin ˈbriery, ˈbriary adj brier /ˈbraɪə/ n a variant spelling of briar¹ WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024 bri•ar /ˈbraɪɚ/USA pronunciation n. Plant Biology brier. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 bri•ar¹ (brī′ər),USA pronunciation n. Plant Biologybrier¹. bri′ar•y, adj. bri•ar² (brī′ər),USA pronunciation n. Plant Biologybrier². Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: briar, brier /ˈbraɪə/ n Also called: tree heath an ericaceous shrub, Erica arborea, of S Europe, having a hard woody root (briarroot) a tobacco pipe made from the root of this plant Etymology: 19th Century: from French bruyère heath, from Late Latin brūcus, of Gaulish origin ˈbriary, ˈbriery adj briar /ˈbraɪə/ n a variant spelling of brier¹
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