birch: [OE] Old English bi(e)rce came from a prehistoric Germanic *berkjōn, source also of German birke. The word goes back ultimately to an Indo-European *bhergo, but as is often the case with ancient tree-names, it does not denote the same type of tree in every language in which it has descendants: Latin fraxinus, for example, means ‘ash tree’. It has been speculated that the word is related to bright (whose Indo-European source was *bhereg-), with reference to the tree’s light-coloured bark.
It could also be that the word bark [13] itself is related. The verb birch ‘flog’ (originally with a birch rod or bunch of birch twigs) is early 19th-century. => bark, bright
birch (n.)
Old English berc, beorc (also the name of the rune for "b"), from Proto-Germanic *berkjon (cognates: Old Saxon birka, Old Norse börk, Danish birk, Swedish björk, Middle Dutch berke, Dutch berk, Old High German birihha, German Birke), from PIE *bhergo (cognates: Ossetian barz, Old Church Slavonic breza, Russian bereza, Lithuanian beržas, Sanskrit bhurjah, Latin farnus, fraxinus "mountain ash"), from root *bhereg- "to gleam, white." Meaning "bunch of birch twigs used for flogging" (1640s) led to verb meaning "to flog" (1830). Related: Birched; birching. Birch beer is by 1827, American English.
birch 英文释义
1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
3. bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment
birch 双语例句
1. a grove of birch trees
白桦树丛
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2. We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用.
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3. They've got a wonderful birch in the back garden.
他们在后花园有一棵极好的桦树.
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4. The birch is still considered a protection against evil spirits by some people in northern Europe.
一些北欧人仍然认为白桦可以辟邪。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Birch trees sprouted from the rubble and grew into a dense young wood.
桦树从瓦砾中长出来，形成了一片茂密的新林。
来自辞典例句
birch 实用场景例句
Main attractions: General nur, West big nur, colorful mountains, the Grand Canyon, Birch ditch.
主要景点: 将军泡子 、 西大泡子 、 五彩山 、 大峡谷 、 桦木沟.
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I put the last of my birch bark on the fire and fanned it into life.
我把最后一块桦树皮放进火里,把火煽得旺了起来.
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He used a piece of birch to make a small boat.
他用一块桦木做一只小船.
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Trees are pine, oak , linden, birch, Yang, mulberry and so on a hundred kinds.
林木有油松 、 柞、椴 、 桦 、 杨 、 桑等百余种.
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Oak, birch, and maple are representative American hardwoods.
橡木 、 杨木和枫木是具代表性的美国产硬木.
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Pouring rain and howling wind tried to fell the Mother Birch, but she stood firm.
大雨和狂风试图要打倒白桦妈妈, 但她稳稳地站立着.
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Braches of silver birch are always very straight.
白桦树的树干总是笔直的.
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Yangcome and look . How beautiful a forest birch.
是啊,多美的白桦林,和你一样的漂亮,让我心动.
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Larch, birch bird cherry, everything came alive.
落叶松 、 白桦、稠李, 一切都活了过来.
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His voice, cold and perfectly enunciated, switched them like a birch branch.
他的话口气冰冷,一字一板, 有如给了他们劈面一鞭.
辞典例句
David Birch claims he does not hire anybody with an MBA or an engineering degree.
DavidBirch宣称他不会雇佣任何拥有MBA或工程学位的人.
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Maple, elm, birch, and other deciduous trees lose their leaves in the fall.
在秋天,枫树 、 榆树 、 白桦树及其它落叶树都掉光了树叶.
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European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches.
欧洲的一种桦树,有银白色脱落树皮和下垂的枝条.
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She therefore suggested that young thugs have the choice between jail and the birch.
因此,她提议给年轻的凶手一个选择:要么坐牢房,要么吃鞭子.
辞典例句
The growing birch tree exfoliated excess bark.
这正成长的桦树剥落了过剩的树皮.
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My father never spared the birch.
我的父亲从不吝惜使用桦条鞭.
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The hills slope gently; the woods are of oak and beech and ash and birch.
山坡缓缓倾斜, 树林里种满了橡树、岑树和桦树.
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We found that birch bark could serve as paper.
我们发现桦树皮可以作纸用.
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Should we bring back the birch as a punishment?
我们应该恢复用桦条抽打的体罚 吗 ?
辞典例句
Southern Tai Jialin basically is Shan Yang of mixed forest of pine, spruce and birch, Europe.
南部泰加林主要是松树 、 云杉混交林以及桦树 、 欧洲山杨.
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A solitary birch was bending gracefully at the edge of the frame.
在框边上,一棵孤独的柳树妩媚地垂着.
辞典例句
A criminal might receive twelve strokes of the birch.
罪犯可能要挨十二鞭.
辞典例句
Professor Birch has lectured in the United States and abroad on city planning matters.
伯奇教授常在美国及国外作城市规划方面的演讲.
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They've got a wonderful birch in the back garden.
他们在后花园有一棵极好的桦树.
《简明英汉词典》
It was a rough part, all hanging stone , and heather , and bIt'scroys of birch wood.
这一带地势险恶, 尽是些悬崖 、 灌木和细长的桦树.
辞典例句
It was a piece of the heartwood from the river birch.
这是河边白桦的一块心材.
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The beating and papermaking characteristics of short rotating birch pulp were studied.
本文研究了短周期桦木漂白硫酸盐浆的打浆造纸特性.
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a grove of birch trees
白桦树丛
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
The birch is still considered a protection against evil spirits by some people in northern Europe.
