arrowroot
英 ['ærə(ʊ)ruːt]
美 ['ærorut]
中文词源
arrowroot 竹芋arrow, 箭。root, 根。因古代弓箭多涂毒,该植物以解毒。
英文词源
- arrowroot
- arrowroot: [17] Arrowroot, a tropical American plant with starchy tubers, gets its name by folk etymology, the process whereby an unfamiliar foreign word is reformulated along lines more accessible to the speakers of a language. In this case the word in question was aru-aru, the term used by the Arawak Indians of South America for the plant (meaning literally ‘meal of meals’). English-speakers adapted this to arrowroot because the root of the plant was used by the Indians to heal wounds caused by poisoned arrows.
- arrowroot (n.)
- 1690s, from arrow + root (n.). So called because it was used to absorb toxins from poison-dart wounds.
双语例句
- 1. Look for Lai of arrowroot Er cloth please, I am Johnson.
- 请找葛尔布莱, 我是约翰逊.
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- 2. Bermuda arrowroot is most highly esteemed.
- 百幕大竹竽最为驰名.
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- 3. Guesthouse, station, airport public can see velvet arrowroot.
- 宾馆.车站. 空港等公共场所都可见到天鹅绒竹芋.
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- 4. The material that make divides arrowroot outside, there was a skin again later.
- 制的材料除葛外, 后来又有了皮.
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- 5. China helps advance somebody's career the time of velvet arrowroot is not long.
- 中国栽培天鹅绒竹芋的时间不长.
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