单词 | devils-walking-stick |
释义 | devil's walking-stick in American English US Hercules'-club (sense 1) devil's-walking-stick in American English (ˈdevəlzˈwɔkɪŋˌstɪk) noun a prickly North American rutaceous tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, with medicinal bark and berries; Hercules'-club Word origin [1925–30, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1925–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Nazi, buildup, chain reaction, dropout, reflex cameraDefinition of 'devil's walking-stick' |
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