fern: [OE] Fern is a fairly widespread Indo- European word, represented among the other West Germanic languages by German farn and Dutch varen. It comes ultimately from Indo- European *porno-. This also produced Sanskrit parnám, which meant ‘feather’ as well as ‘leaf’, suggesting that the fern may have been named originally from the feathery leaves of some species.
fern (n.)
Old English fearn "fern," from Proto-Germanic *farno- (cognates: Old Saxon farn, Middle Dutch vaern, Dutch varen, Old High German farn, German Farn).
Possibly the word has a prehistoric sense of "having feathery fronds" and is from PIE *por-no-, which has yielded words for "feather, wing" (cognates: Sanskrit parnam "feather;" Lithuanian papartis "fern;" Russian paporot'; Greek pteris "fern," pteron "feather"), from the root *per- (2) "to lead, pass over" (see petition (n.)). The plant's ability to appear as if from nothing accounts for the ancient belief that fern seeds conferred invisibility (1590s). Filicology "science or study of ferns" (1848) is from Latin filix "fern."
fern 英文释义
1. any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
fern 双语例句
1. She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.
她瞟了一眼弗恩.
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2. There are many different types of fern, none of which produce flowers.
蕨类植物有许多不同的种类, 无论哪一种都不长花.
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3. Kennicott was cordial to Fern Mulins.
肯尼科特对弗恩马林斯小姐倒是很亲热.
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4. Lanzhou fern in the main origin of the Yuzhong Nanshan Yam area.
兰州蕨菜的主要产地在榆中南山的二阴地区.
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5. Asiatic tree fern having dense matted hairs sometimes used as a styptic.
亚洲一种树冠茂密的树蕨,有时用于止血.
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fern 实用场景例句
She cast a sidelong glance at Fern.
她瞟了一眼弗恩.
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There are many different types of fern, none of which produce flowers.
蕨类植物有许多不同的种类, 无论哪一种都不长花.
辞典例句
Kennicott was cordial to Fern Mulins.
肯尼科特对弗恩马林斯小姐倒是很亲热.
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Lanzhou fern in the main origin of the Yuzhong Nanshan Yam area.
兰州蕨菜的主要产地在榆中南山的二阴地区.
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The Chinese fern families and genera: systematic arrangement and historical origin I.
文章题目中国蕨类植物科属的系统排列和历史来源.
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North American fern often bearing bulbils on the leaflets.
长有浆果的一种北美蕨类植物.
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North American fern with narrow fronds on yellowish leafstalks.
黄色叶柄处具有窄小复叶的北美蕨类.
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Tree - fern n. large fern with an upright woody stem.
桫椤(高大的蕨类植物,茎部挺直).
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It is an attractive tree - fern with high ornamental value.
桫椤株形美观别致,具观赏价值.
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A European evergreen fern ( Phyllitis scolopendrium ) with narrow, undivided fronds.
