| 单词 | peas |
| 释义 | pea1 /pē/noun (pl peas)
ORIGIN: Singular formed from pease1, which was mistaken for a plural peaˈberry noun A small round coffee seed, growing singly peaˈ-brain noun (informal) A person of little intelligence peaˈ-brained adjective Foolish peacod see under pease1 peaˈ-crab noun A little round crab (genus Pinnotheres) that lives symbiotically in lamellibranch shells pea gravel noun peaˈ-green (or /-grēnˈ/) noun and adjective
peaˈ-iron noun Limonite in little round nodules peaˈpod noun The seed case of a pea peaˈ-riˈfle noun A rifle throwing a very small bullet peasˈcod see peasecod under pease1 pea shingle noun peaˈshooter noun A small tube for blowing peas through, used as a toy weapon pea soup, pea-souper, pea-soupy see pease-soup under pease1 peaˈ-stone noun Pisolite pea-straw see pease-straw under pease1 peaˈ-trainer noun A structure for pea-plants to climb on pea-vinˈer noun A machine that picks, washes and grades peas Egyptian pea The chickpea split peas Peas stripped of their membranous covering, dried and halved Sturt's desert pea see under desert2 pea2 /pē/nounAn obsolete term for a peaˈfowl, a male or female peacock ORIGIN: OE pēa (pāwa), from L pāvō peaˈ-chick noun A young peafowl peaˈhen noun The female of the peacock pease1 /pēz/noun (archaic)A pea or pea-plant (pl pease; old pl peason /pēzˈən/), now almost wholly superseded by the new singular pea and plural peas (see pea1) except in a collective sense ORIGIN: ME pēse, pl pēsen, from OE pise, pl pisan, from LL pisa, L pisum, from Gr pison or pisos peaseˈ-bannˈock noun A bannock made of pease-meal peaseˈ-blossom noun peaseˈ-broseˈ noun Brose made of pease-meal peaseˈcod, peasˈcod or peaˈcod noun The pod of the pea peaseˈcod-bellˈied adjective (of a doublet) peaked downwards in front peaseˈcod-cuirassˈ noun A cuirass shaped like the peasecod-bellied doublet peaseˈ-meal, peaseˈ-porrˈidge or pease pudding noun Meal, porridge, or pudding made from pease peaseˈ-soup or pea soup noun
peaˈ-soupˈy adjective peaseˈ-straw or peaˈ-straw noun The stems and leaves of the pea-plant after the peas have been picked |
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