beech

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
    — A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
  2. The wood of the beech tree.

词形变化

beeches plural

词源

From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.
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