birch 详细解释

birch

[bə:tʃ]

n.桦树, 桦木, 用桦条抽打
v.用桦条抽打

n.

1. 【植】桦, 白桦[C]

2. 桦木[U]

3. (鞭打用的)桦条[C]

A criminal might receive twelve strokes of the birch.

罪犯可能要挨十二鞭。

vt.

用桦条鞭打

词形变化

动词过去式: birched | 动词过去分词: birched | 动词现在分词: birching | 动词第三人称单数: birches |

词义辨析

同义参见:

rod  

英英释义

名词 birch:

hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

同义词:birch tree

a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

同义词:birch rod

动词 birch:

whip with a birch twig

形容词 birch:

consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

同义词:birchen, birken

补充

birchbirch英:[bə:tʃ] 美:[bɚtʃ]n.1.桦树, 桦木They've got a wonderful birch in the back garden.他们在后花园有一棵极好的桦树。2.桦条vt.1.(用桦条)抽打, 鞭挞“They ought to be birched, ” growled the old man.老人咆哮道:“他们应受到鞭打。”

例句

1. He thinks that bringing back the birch would be a good idea.他认为恢复桦条鞭打之刑是个好主意。 2. Murderers were hanged, muggers were birched.过去谋杀犯被绞死, 而抢劫犯则受桦条鞭打。 3. there were calls to bring back the birch.有人呼吁恢复桦条鞭笞刑罚。 4. a cabinet made of birch桦木橱柜 5. "In those days, schoolchildren got the birch when they misbehaved."那时候,小学生做错事会挨桦条打。