wattle

• n. 板条，编条；[林] 金合欢树；枝条编成的篱笆
• adj. 板条的；由编条做成的
• vt. 用编条做成

来自PIE*au,编织，词源同weeds,衣服。引申词义编条结构，篱笆。

1. a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards

2. framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence

wattle (n.2)

"fleshy appendage below the neck of certain birds," 1510s (extended jocularly to human beings, 1560s), of uncertain origin and of doubtful relationship to wattle (n.1). Related: Wattled.

wattle (n.1)

"stakes interlaced with twigs and forming the framework of the wall of a building," Old English watol "hurdle," in plural "twigs, thatching, tiles," related to weðel "bandage," from Proto-Germanic *wadlaz, from PIE *au- (3) "to weave" (see weeds). Surviving in wattle-and-daub "building material for huts, etc." (1808).

walls made of wattle and daub

泥笆墙

牛津词典

...the native huts of mud and wattle.

当地用泥巴和枝条盖起的小屋

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...wattle fencing.

篱笆围栏

柯林斯高阶英语词典

A fence or wattle placed in a stream to catch or retain fish.

用小木桩或小枝编成的篱置于河中捕鱼的鱼梁.

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Australia's National Floral Emblem is the golden wattle.

澳大利亚的国花是金合欢花.

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The physicochemical properties and rheology of gum black wattle was studied.

研究了黑荆胶的物理、化学性质及流变性质.

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There is a house with wattle fence in the picture.

图画里有一间带篱笆的小房子.

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When in flower , the golden wattle displays the national colours, green and gold.

金合欢花盛开之时,展现的正是澳大利亚的国家色彩: 绿色和金色.

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On national days of mourning, for example, Australians are invited to wear a sprig of wattle.

比如, 在全国哀悼日, 澳大利亚人就会佩戴金合欢树枝.

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The color of the black wattle extract became lighter through using the fresh bark.

利用新鲜树皮能够改善黑荆树栲胶的颜色,树皮越新鲜,生产出来的栲胶颜色越浅.

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Fig .1、2 The ultrastructure of leaf cells of black wattle at 20℃.

图1、220℃黑荆树种叶片细胞超微结构情况.

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walls made of wattle and daub

泥笆墙

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