wormwood
pronunciation
UK [ˈwɜ:mwʊd]
US [ˈwɜrmwʊd]
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- n.
- 苦艾，苦恼
- 萩
- 蒿草
Word Origin
wormwood 苦艾
来自古英语wermod,苦艾，由于该植物类似樟脑丸的功效，拼写被俗化为worm和wood.部分学者认为来自wer-,男人，词源同virile,mod-,勇气，词源同mood,因苦艾在很早就被当做壮阳药使用而引发该联想。
Example
- 1. We can 't help kissing each other low wormwood 2009 china tour .
- 我们不由自主的亲吻对方低苦艾乐队2009中国巡演。
- 2. A study of annual wormwood to treat malaria .
- 黄花蒿治疗疟疾的研究。
- 3. What would I get if I added root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood ?
- 若把水仙根加入艾草液里会产生什么样的效果?
- 4. Last year I made a batch using dried mugwort and a very small quantity of wormwood ( both artemisia species ) .
- 去年，我制作了一炉，用了干燥的艾草和少量的苦艾（两样都是蒿属植物）。
- 5. Also interesting to note that revelation is the only reference that refers to the star named wormwood .
- 另外有趣的是，启示录是唯一的参考是指向天星命为苦艾。
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