| 释义 |
‖ wagenboom S. Afr.|ˈvɑːx(ə)nbʊəm|
Also 8 wage-boom, waboom. Also anglicized wag(g)on-boom, and corruptly vaboom.
[Du., f. wagen wagon + boom tree.]
(See quots.)
1790E. Helme tr. Le Vaillant's Trav. Afr. I. 255 A few paltry woods..had some resemblance to that named Wage-boom. 1822W. J. Burchell Trav. S. Afr. I. 123 We passed some large trees of Wagenboom (Protea grandiflora), so called by the colonists because the wood of it has been found suitable for making the fellies of waggon-wheels. 1873Dawson Earth & Man xi. 258 Cone-like fruits belonging to the Proteaceæ (..wagenbooms, etc.). 1880A. H. Swinton Insect Variety 267 The..Eocene flora..as evidenced by the London Clay drift beds..shows fruits of..Australian banksias, silver-trees, wagonbooms. 1897Du Toit Rhodesia 126 This region cannot be unhealthy, for the ‘sugar-bosch’ and ‘waggon⁓boom’ grow everywhere. 1907Sim Forests Cape Colony 59 [Used for tanning:] The bark and leaves of various Proteaceæ (Sugarbushes, Kreupelbooms, Vabooms, and Amandel). 1946Cape Times 5 Feb. 6/8 He is collecting waboom and kreupelbos seeds above the Camps Bay slopes so that the bare areas..can be covered with these handsome proteas. 1972Palmer & Pitman Trees S. Afr. I. 525 The waboom is one of the tallest of the genus Protea and is conspicuous in dry rocky areas of the Cape. |