Word · Frequency #26008
mistletoe
美洲槲寄生
核心释义
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
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檀香目多种半寄生常绿植物,结白色浆果,生长于苹果树、橡树等树冠上,如欧洲槲寄生(Viscum album)和美洲槲寄生(Phoradendron leucarpum)。
Any of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
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与旧大陆槲寄生非常相似的美洲植物
American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe
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用作圣诞装饰的一小枝此类植物,习俗认为男子可亲吻站在其下的任何女子。
A sprig of one such plant used as a Christmas decoration, associated with the custom that a man may kiss any woman standing beneath it.
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旧大陆寄生灌木,具有分枝的绿色茎、革质叶和蜡质白色黏性浆果;圣诞节的传统槲寄生
Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries; the traditional mistletoe of Christmas
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中欧和东南欧的灌木,部分寄生于山毛榉、栗树和橡树
shrub of central and southeastern Europe; partially parasitic on beeches, chestnuts and oaks
檀香目多种半寄生常绿植物,结白色浆果,生长于苹果树、橡树等树冠上,如欧洲槲寄生(Viscum album)和美洲槲寄生(Phoradendron leucarpum)。;与旧大陆槲寄生非常相似的美洲植物;用作圣诞装饰的一小枝此类植物,习俗认为男子可亲吻站在其下的任何女子。;旧大陆寄生灌木,具有分枝的绿色茎、革质叶和蜡质白色黏性浆果;圣诞节的传统槲寄生;中欧和东南欧的灌木,部分寄生于山毛榉、栗树和橡树
用法In use
Mistletoe is a green plant that grows on other trees and stays green all winter.
用法提示:mistletoe在此作主语,表示槲寄生这种植物。
At Christmas, people hang a branch of mistletoe over a doorway for luck.
用法提示:mistletoe在介词of后作宾语,指作为圣诞装饰的槲寄生。
We saw several mistletoes in the park, each one covered with small white berries.
用法提示:mistletoes是mistletoe的复数形式,指多株槲寄生。
under the mistletoe
mistletoe 前通常用定冠词 the,指圣诞节悬挂的槲寄生装饰。
They kissed under the mistletoe.
他们在槲寄生下接吻。
a sprig of mistletoe
a sprig of 表示一小枝,常用来指装饰用的槲寄生。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- kiss under the mistletoe
- 在槲寄生下接吻
- They kissed under the mistletoe at the Christmas party.他们在圣诞聚会的槲寄生下接吻了。
- hang mistletoe
- 挂槲寄生(节日装饰)
- We hung mistletoe in the doorway.我们在门口挂了槲寄生。
- a sprig of mistletoe
- 一小枝槲寄生
- She pinned a sprig of mistletoe to her coat.她把一小枝槲寄生别在外套上。
- mistletoe berries
- 槲寄生浆果
- The mistletoe berries are white and sticky.槲寄生浆果是白色且黏糊糊的。
- mistletoe tradition
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
圣诞布置的槲寄生(mistletoe)下接吻是传统;读音像 miss+toe,别错过(miss)亲吻,也别用脚趾(toe)踢到它。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:圣诞节装饰、植物学描述 通常属于中性词,正式和非正式场合都可用;多用于圣诞节悬挂装饰或植物学描述。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式为 mistletoes,可指不同种的槲寄生植物。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
toe、go、snow、low 与 mistletoe 末尾的 /toʊ/ 押韵;whistle 和 thistle 拼写中的 -stle 有不发音的 t,读作 /-səl/,只是拼写相似,并不押韵。注意 mistletoe 中的 l 也不发音。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.