thatch
pronunciation
UK [θætʃ]
US [θætʃ]
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- n.
- （稻草、芦苇等盖的）茅草屋顶
- 乱蓬蓬的头发，又脏又乱的头发
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- vt.
- 用茅草盖（房子等）的屋顶，用茅草覆盖（屋顶）
Word Origin
thatch 盖茅草，茅草屋顶
来自古英语 theccan,盖茅草，遮盖屋顶，来自 Proto-Germanic*thakan,遮盖，隐藏，来自 PIE*steg, 遮盖，隐藏，词源同 tegular,deck,detective.
Example
- 1. Apart from a new mosque , its buildings are made of mud , stone and thatch .
- 除了一座新建的清真寺，这里的房子都是由泥坯和石块建成，房顶则覆盖着茅草。
- 2. That is based on the estimated market value of the fish and thatch they take to subsist , and the gums , oils and other goods they harvest for cash .
- 这些估算数据是建立在一些物品市场价值基础上的，包括人们赖以为生的鱼和建筑材料，还有枪，石油，和其他可以换成现金的收获。
- 3. The success of silvio berlusconi 's hair transplant , four years ago , relied on the fact that the septuagenarian prime minister had enough of a thatch on the back of his head to enable some of it to be transferred to his thinning top .
- 四年前，西尔维奥贝鲁斯科尼的头发移植获得成功，这次成功靠的是这位古稀之年的意大利总理脑后的一块够浓密的头发，使之能移植到其稀疏的头顶上。
- 4. The thatch was badly damaged in the storm .
- 茅草屋顶在暴风雨中遭到严重破坏。
- 5. They are sheltering under the thatch .
- 他们在茅草屋顶下避雨。
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