shrub

n. 灌木；灌木丛

中文词源

shrub 灌木

来自古英语 scrybb,灌木，可能最终来自 PIE*sker,砍，切，词源同 shear,short.

shrub (n.): Old English scrybb "brushwood, shrubbery," a rare and late word (but preserved also, perhaps, in Shrewsbury), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare dialectal Danish skrub "brushwood," Norwegian skrubba "dwarf tree"). Presumably related to North Frisian skrobb "broom plant, brushwood;" West Flemish schrobbe "climbing wild pea," with a base notion of "rough plant," from PIE *(s)kerb-, extended form of root *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).

1. brush <===> shrub. 用灌木树枝做成的刷子。2. brush 本身也有灌木、灌木丛之意。

2. This is the Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms.: 这就是亚洲的一种观赏灌木，具有多刺的枝和粉红色或红色的花。

4. South African shrub grown for its profusion of white flowers.: 南非的灌木,由于其丰富的白花而被种植.

5. Flee , save your life, And be like a shrub in the wilderness.: 6你们要奔逃,自救性命, 要像旷野的灌木.