birch

英 [bɜːtʃ]

美 [bɜːrtʃ]

n.  桦树; 白桦树; 桦木; 用桦木条抽打(作为惩罚)

复数：birches　过去分词：birched　现在分词：birching　过去式：birched　第三人称单数：birches　

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牛津词典

noun

• 桦树；白桦树
  a tree with smooth bark and thin branches, that grows in northern countries
• 桦木
  the hard pale wood of the birch tree
• 用桦木条抽打（作为惩罚）
  the practice of hitting sb with a bunch of birch sticks, as a punishment

柯林斯词典

• 桦树；白桦
  Abirchis a type of tall tree with thin branches.
• 杖笞
  The birchis a punishment in which someone is hit with a wooden stick.

英英释义

noun

• a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree
  1. my father never spared the birch
  Synonym:birch rod
• any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
  Synonym:birch tree
• hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees

verb

• whip with a birch twig

adj

• consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
  Synonym:birchenbirken

双语例句

• The light was diffused by oak and birch leaves.
  橡树和桦树的叶子使阳光向四周漫射。
• European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches.
  欧洲的一种桦树，有银白色脱落树皮和下垂的枝条。
• Carbonated drink containing an extract from bark of birch trees.
  碳酸饮料，含有白桦树树皮的提取物。
• An unruly child who was thrashed with a birch cane.
  一个任性的孩子吃了一顿桦树棍。
• Birch pollen, one of the most common causes of hay fever in Britain.
  在英国，桦树花粉是花粉症的最常见诱因之一。
• The Indians peeled the bark from birch trees to make canoes.
  印地安人从桦树剥下树皮做独木舟。
• This table is made from silver birch.
  这张桌子是用白桦树做的。
• Oak, birch, and maple are representative American hardwoods.
  橡木、赤杨木和枫木是具代表性的美国产硬木。
• Birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark.
  美国西部的一种桦树，类似于纸皮桦，但是树皮棕色。
• See "From the Aspen and Birch Trees" for more information.
  请看“来自白杨和桦树”以的信息。