搜尋結果
birch
- IPA[bərCH]
美式
- 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.
- beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment
noun: birch, plural noun: birches
- 釋義
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
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