解释
- n. 艾菊；艾菊属植物
※ 提供单词"tansy"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
- tansy (n.)
- perennial herb native to northern Eurasia, mid-13c., from Old French tanesie (13c., Modern French tanaisie), from Vulgar Latin *tanaceta (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Late Latin tanacetum "wormwood," from shortened form of Greek athanasia "immortality," from athanatos "immortal," from a- "not," privative prefix, + thanatos "death" (see thanatology). So called probably for its persistence. English folklore associates it with pregnancy, either as an aid to contraception or to provoke miscarriage.
例句和用法
- 1. North American herb with bitter - tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy.
- 北美的一种草本植物,类似水芹,但叶象艾菊叶.
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