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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   birch

   • IPA[bərCH]

   美式

   • n.
     a slender, fast-growing tree that has thin bark (often peeling) and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in north temperate regions, some reaching the northern limit of tree growth.；the hard fine-grained pale wood of any of the birch trees.
   • v.
     beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment

   • noun: birch, plural noun: birches

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a slender, fast-growing tree that has thin bark (often peeling) and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in north temperate regions, some reaching the northern limit of tree growth.
   • ▪ the hard fine-grained pale wood of any of the birch trees.
   • 2. historical a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs there were calls to bring back the birch

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. historical beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment the school would attempt to birch them into submission