dill

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed. countable,uncountable
    — The life of one plant would be affected by another. Rue was definitely hostile to basil, rosemary to hyssop, but coriander, dill and chervil lived on the friendliest of terms[.]
  2. A fool. Australia,informal
    — He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself.
  3. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To cook or flavor with dill.
    — My mother would pickle them and dill them, and we still had an abundance of fresh vegetables left.
  2. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.
    — The noise of the Queen's voyage to France is dilled down ; no money for her furniture will be got in haste; and the Cardinal has no will of her mother.

词形变化

dills plural dills present,singular,third-person dilling participle,present dilled participle,past dilled past dills present,singular,third-person dilling participle,present dilled participle,past dilled past dills plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *deliz, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.
Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.
词源 2
Variant of dull
词源 3
Perhaps a backformation from dilly (“silly”).
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