单词 | birch |
释义 | birch /berrch/, n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood. Cf. birch family. 2. the wood itself. 3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping. adj. 4. birchen. v.t. 5. to beat or punish with or as if with a birch: The young ruffians were birched soundly by their teacher. [bef. 900; ME birche, OE birce; c. OHG birka (G Birke); akin to Skt bhurja kind of birch] |
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