tendril
英 ['tendrɪl]
美['tɛndrəl]
- n. 卷须；蔓；卷须状物
词态变化
复数: tendrils;
中文词源
tendril 植物卷须
来自中古法语 tendrillon,小枝，新芽，软骨，-ille,小词后缀，来自拉丁语 tendere,延伸，伸长， 词源同 tend,tender.后用于指植物卷须。
英英释意
- 1. slender stemlike structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support
英文词源
- tendril (n.)
- "leafless plant-organ attaching to another for support," 1530s, from Middle French tendrillon "bud, shoot, cartilage," perhaps a diminutive of tendron "cartilage," from Old French tendre "soft" (see tender (adj.)), or else from Latin tendere "to stretch, extend" (see tender (v.)).
实用场景例句
- Tendrils of hair strayed to the edge of her pillow.
- 她的几缕头发散落在枕边。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Horizontal tendril of branch of wooden attribute home is circled, halcyon and sweet.
- 木属性家园枝横蔓绕, 宁静温馨.
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- The morning glory climbs the trunk with its tendril.
- 牵牛花用卷须攀着树干.
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- Tendril A slender structure found in plants, used for twining and support.
- 卷须:植物中存在的一种纤细的结构, 用于缠绕并起支持作用.
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