birch
birch
noun
birchen
adjective
noun
- (亦作 birch tree)a slender hardy tree which has thin peeling bark and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in northern temperate regions and yield hard, pale, finegrained timber
桦，白桦 - Genus Betula, family Betulaceae: many species, including the silver birch (B. pendula) of Europe
桦木属，桦木科：多种，包括欧洲白桦（拉丁名B. pendula） - (the birch)(chiefly historical)a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs
(主 史)桦条鞭笞（刑罚）
there were calls to bring back the birch.
有人呼吁恢复桦条鞭笞刑罚。
- [with obj.](chiefly historical)beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment
(主 史)用桦条鞭笞
birchen
adjective
- (archaic)(古)
- Old English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke
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