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

单词

rhubarb

释义

rhubarb /rooˈbärb or -bərb/

noun

Any species of the genus Rheum, of the dock family
The rootstock (chiefly of Rheum officinale) used for its purgative properties
The leaf-stalks (chiefly of Rheum rhaponticum) cooked and used as if fruit
A squabble, row, rumpus (slang)
A word muttered repeatedly to give the impression of indistinct background conversation (theatre)
Nonsense

ORIGIN: OFr reubarbe, from LL rheubarbarum, for rhābarbarum, from Gr rhā rhubarb, from Rhā the Volga, and L barbarum (neuter), from Gr barbaron foreign; infl by rhēum, Gr rhēon

rhuˈbarbing noun (theatre)

The use or practice of muttering rhubarb or a similar sound

rhuˈbarby adjective

monk's rhubarb

Patience dock

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