macadamia

名词 n.
/mækəˈdeɪmi.ə/|/mækəˈdeɪmjə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An evergreen tree, of the genus Macadamia, native to Australia and cultivated in Hawaii. countable,uncountable
  2. The fruit of this tree; the macadamia nut. countable,uncountable
    — Coffee shops-cum-meeting-spots dotted across the city are teeming (Equator, Blue Bottle and Saint Frank). Caffeine-fuelled, lactose-intolerant, macadamia milk latte-drinking young folk are journalling, manifesting, coding, ChatGPT-ing and pitching their ideas.

词形变化

macadamias plural

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Celtic *makkʷos
Primitive Irish ᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ (maqqi)
Old Irish macc
Middle Irish mac
Scottish Gaelic mac
Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
Hebrew אָדָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.
Latin Ādāmder.
Old Irish Ádam
Scottish Gaelic Àdhamh
Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimhder.
English MacAdamder.
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -iader.
English -iader.
English macadamia
From the genus name Macadamia, coined by the German-Australian botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1857, in honor of John Macadam, whose surname is an alternative spelling of MacAdam, from Scottish Gaelic Mac Àdhaimh (“Adam's son”). By surface analysis, Mac- + Adam + -ia.
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