| 释义 |
birch
I. \ˈbərch, ˈbə̄ch, ˈbəich\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English birche, birk, from Old English birce, beorc; akin to Old High German birka birch, Old Norse björk birch, Latin fraxinus ash tree, Sanskrit bhūrja birch, Old English beorht bright — more at bright
1.
a. : a tree of the genus Betula — see paper birch, river birch, sweet birch, white birch, yellow birch
b. Australia : piripiri
c. New Zealand : any of various trees resembling those of the genus Betula (as the kamahi or the native beeches)
d. : gumbo-limbo
2. : the wood or timber of the birch
3. : a birch rod or a bundle of twigs for whipping an offender : switch
4. : birchbark
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
: to beat with or as if with a birch : cane, whip : punish (as a schoolboy) by caning or whipping |