mid-15c., earlier holin (mid-12c.), shortening of Old English holegn "holly," from Proto-Germanic *hulin- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German hulis, Old Norse hulfr, Middle Dutch huls, Dutch, German hulst "holly"), cognate with Middle Irish cuilenn, Welsh celyn, Gaelic cuilionn "holly," probably all from PIE root *kel- (5) "to prick" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kolja "to prick," Russian kolos "ear of corn"), in reference to its leaves. French houx "holly" is from Frankish *huls or some other Germanic source.
双语例句
1. David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms.
戴维非常感激地把霍利送进那个女人张开的双臂中。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She came out with two packages wrapped in holly-sprigged paper.
她抱着两个用带有冬青枝叶图案的纸包装的盒子走了出来。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He died at Holly Hall, his wife's family home.
他在妻子的娘家冬青府去世。
来自柯林斯例句
4. a sprig of holly
冬青树枝
来自《权威词典》
5. The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel and holly.