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1. Oxford Dictionary

   birch

   • IPA[bəːtʃ]

   英式

   • n.
     a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.；the hard fine-grained pale wood of 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 hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, fine-grained timber.
   • ▪ the hard fine-grained pale wood of 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