holly
英 ['h?l?]美['hɑli]
- n. 冬青樹（等于holm oak）
- adj. 冬青屬植物的
- n. (Holly)人名；(英、德、捷、羅)霍利；(西)奧利
TEM8CET6低頻詞擴展詞匯樹
詞態變化
復數:?hollies;
助記提示
1. HollyWood (好萊塢：字面含義：冬青樹林) => holly.
中文詞源
holly 冬青
來自PIE*kel,砍，劈，詞源同clone,cleave,gladiator.引申詞義劍，鋸齒，后用于指冬青屬植物，因其鋸齒狀葉片而得名。
英文詞源
- holly (n.)
- mid-15c., earlier holin (mid-12c.), shortening of Old English holegn "holly," from Proto-Germanic *hulin- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German hulis, Old Norse hulfr, Middle Dutch huls, Dutch, German hulst "holly"), cognate with Middle Irish cuilenn, Welsh celyn, Gaelic cuilionn "holly," probably all from PIE root *kel- (5) "to prick" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kolja "to prick," Russian kolos "ear of corn"), in reference to its leaves. French houx "holly" is from Frankish *huls or some other Germanic source.
雙語例句
- 1. David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms.
- 戴維非常感激地把霍利送進那個女人張開的雙臂中。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She came out with two packages wrapped in holly-sprigged paper.
- 她抱著兩個用帶有冬青枝葉圖案的紙包裝的盒子走了出來。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He died at Holly Hall, his wife's family home.
- 他在妻子的娘家冬青府去世。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. a sprig of holly
- 冬青樹枝
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel and holly.
- 房間用了大量的金屬箔和冬青枝裝飾,十分奢華.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
