| 单词 | bitter aloes |
| 释义 | aloe /alˈō/noun
ORIGIN: Directly and through OE aluwan, alewan (pl), from L aloē, from Gr aloē; the application to eaglewood comes from the Septuagint translation of Heb ahālīm, ahālōth agalloch aloed /alˈōd/ adjective Planted, shaded, mixed or flavoured with aloes aloetˈic /-ō-etˈik/ noun A medicine containing a great proportion of aloes adjectiveOf or relating to aloes alˈoes-wood noun The heartwood of eaglewood aloe vera /verˈa or vēˈra/ noun (also with caps) a species of aloe plant or esp the juice of its leaves (thought to have healing and other qualities) used in cosmetics, etc bitter1 /bitˈər/adjective
Any substance having a bitter taste, esp a type of beer ORIGIN: OE biter, from bītan to bite bittˈerish adjective bittˈerly adverb bittˈerness noun bittˈers plural noun A liquid prepared from bitter herbs or roots, and used to aid digestion or stimulate appetite, or to flavour drinks bitter aloes see aloe bittˈer-apple noun A type of cucumber, the colocynth bittˈer-cress noun Cardamine bittˈer-earth noun Magnesia bittˈer-king noun An intensely bitter shrub of the quassia family, growing in the Malay Archipelago bitter lemon noun A lemon-flavoured soft drink bitter orange noun The Seville orange, bitter when ripe, used for making marmalade, etc bittˈer-pit noun A disease of apples, etc, characterized by brown spots and depressions bittˈer-root noun An American xerophytic plant (Lewisia rediviva) bittˈer-spar noun Dolomite bittˈersweet noun
bitter vetch see vetch bittˈerwood noun Any of various trees, esp of the family Simarubaceae a bitter pill to swallow Something which is difficult or unpleasant to accept, such as an unwelcome fact the bitter end see bitt |
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