单词 | wattle |
释义 | wattle (once / 4749 pages) 1n 2nv WORD FAMILY wattle: wattled, wattles, wattling USAGE EXAMPLESThey appeared on a giant rooster statue, just above some three-toed feet and a blood-red wattle that hangs below a gilded nose and mouth. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) Police forensic officers will examine the scene at Wattle Grove, in the city's southwest. BBC(Nov 06, 2016) Wattled cranes, which mate for life, often breed on private farms, so van Hasselt involved farmers and landowners in crane protection. National Geographic(Oct 27, 2016) 1 n a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards 2Syn|Hyper lappet caruncle, caruncula an outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds 1n framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence Hyper framework a structure supporting or containing something 2n any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle Hypo|Hyper Acacia auriculiformis, black wattle Australian tree that yields tanning materials Acacia cambegei, gidgee, stinking wattlescrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms Acacia dealbata, mimosa, silver wattleevergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers Acacia pycnantha, golden wattleshrubby Australian tree having clusters of fragrant golden yellow flowers; widely cultivated as an ornamental acacia any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia 3v build of or with wattle Hyper build, construct, make make by combining materials and parts 4v interlace to form wattle Hyper enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twine spin,wind, or twist together |
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