單詞
barleycorn
英 ['bɑ?l?k??n]
美
基本信息
- n. 大麥粒
英文詞源
- barleycorn (n.)
- late 14c., from barley + corn (n.1). Perhaps to distinguish the barley plant or the grain from its products. In Britain and U.S., the grain is used mainly to prepare liquor, hence personification as John Barleycorn (1620) in popular ballad, and many now-obsolete figures of speech, such as to wear a barley cap (16c.) "to be drunk."
雙語例句
- 1. A barleycorn is better than a diamond to a cock.
- 對一只公雞來說,一顆麥粒優(yōu)于一顆鉆石.
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