单词 | wattle |
释义 | wattle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Industrywattlewat‧tle /ˈwɒtl $ ˈwɑːtl/ noun1 TI[uncountable] a frame made from sticks woven together a wattle fencewattle and daub (=this frame covered with clay) walls made of 2 HBA[countable] the red flesh that grows on the head or neck of some birds, such as chickensExamples from the Corpuswattle• Back towards the house, a wattle fence divides off the western side of the garden.• A dun and a barred blue, both trimmed for the pit, combs and wattles scissored off.• His wattle throat sagged above his careful tie and clean brown suit.• They tore down his crude village of wattles and mud, and raised their temples and markets in its place.• Males have prominent red wattle over eye.• The sun was low by now, obscured behind the wattle of leafless branches, and the air had a chilly edge.Origin wattle Old English watel |
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