| 单词 | birch |
| 释义 | birch n. & v. --n 1. any tree of the genus Betula, having thin peeling bark, bearing catkins, and found predominantly in northern temperate regions. 2. (in full birchwood) the hard fine-grained pale wood of these trees. 3. NZ any of various similar trees. 4. (in full birch-rod) a bundle of birch twigs used for flogging. --vtr. beat with a birch (in sense 4). Phrases and idioms birch-bark 1. the bark of Betula papyrifera used to make canoes. 2. US such a canoe. Derivatives birchen adj. Etymology: OE bi(e)rce f. Gmc |
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