| 单词 | brier |
| 释义 | brier brier1 —briery, adj. /bruy"euhr/, n. 1. a prickly plant or shrub, esp. the sweetbrier or a greenbrier. 2. a tangled mass of prickly plants. 3. a thorny stem or twig. Also, briar. [bef. 1000; ME brer, OE braer, brer; akin to BRAMBLE] brier2 /bruy"euhr/, n. 1. the white heath, Erica arborea, of France and Corsica, the woody root of which is used for making tobacco pipes. 2. a pipe made of brierroot. Also, briar. [1865-70; earlier bruyer < F bruyère, OF < Gallo-Latin *brucaria field of heather, equiv to *bruc- heather ( < Gaulish, perh. *broiko- (with early L change of oi > u) < Celtic *wroiko- > OIr froech, Welsh grug) + L -aria -ARY; cf. early ML brucus, brugaria; see -ER2, -AR2] brier3 /bruy"euhr/, n. Usually Disparaging. (chiefly in Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee) a rustic or hillbilly, esp. one from Appalachia. [shortening of brier hopper] |
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