解释
- n. 大麦粒
※ 提供单词"barleycorn"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
英文词源
- barleycorn (n.)
- late 14c., from barley + corn (n.1). Perhaps to distinguish the barley plant or the grain from its products. In Britain and U.S., the grain is used mainly to prepare liquor, hence personification as John Barleycorn (1620) in popular ballad, and many now-obsolete figures of speech, such as to wear a barley cap (16c.) "to be drunk."
例句和用法
- 1. A barleycorn is better than a diamond to a cock.
- 对一只公鸡来说,一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石.
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