wort

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /wɜːt/|/wɔːt/    美 /wɝt/|/woɹt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Now chiefly as the second element in the names of plants: a plant used for food or medicine. archaic,historical
    — [T]he people of his citye, […] shulde be norysshed with barly brede and cakes of whete, and that the residue of their diete shulde be salte, olyues, chese, and likes, and more ouer wortes that the feldes do brynge furthe, for their potage.
  2. Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky. countable,uncountable
    — Nay then tvvo treyes, an if you grovv ſo nice, / Methegline, VVort, and Malmſey; […]
  3. Chiefly in the plural: a plant of the genus Brassica used as a vegetable; a brassica; especially, a cabbage (Brassica oleracea). historical,specifically
    — VVhy (ſay they in ſcorne and contempt of povertie) here is the ſtem of a vvoort ſo vvell grovvne, here is a cabbage ſo thriven and fed, that a poore mans boord vvill not hold it.
  4. A non-vascular plant growing on land from the division Anthocerotophyta (the hornworts) or Marchantiophyta (liverworts); an anthocerotophyte or marchantiophyte. broadly

词形变化

worts plural worts plural

词汇关系

衍生词
adder's wort adderwort asterwort awlwort banewort barrenwort bearwort bellwort birthwort (Aristolochia, bishop's-wort bitterwort bladderwort blawort bloodwort blushwort bogwort boragewort bridewort brimstonewort brotherwort brownwort bruisewort bugwort bullwort burstwort butterwort cancerwort catwort clown's ringwort colewort coralwort crosswort damewort danewort dragonwort dragon's wort dropwort * dungwort earwort * elderwort fanwort felonwort feltwort felwort feverwort figwort flapwort fleawort flukewort frostwort fumewort galewort garlicwort gentianwort gipsywort glasswort goutwort gutwort gypsywort hammerwort hartwort heathwort hillwort hogwort hog's wort holewort honewort honeywort hoodwort hornwort ironwort John's wort kelpwort kidneywort knotwort laserwort lazarwort leadwort lichwort lilywort liverwort lousewort lungwort * lustwort madderwort madwort * mallowwort marshwort masterwort maudlinwort maywort meadowwort milkwort miterwort mitrewort modiwort moneywort moonwort moorwort motherwort moudiewort moudiwort mowdiewort mudwort mugwort mulewort nailwort navelwort * nettlewort nipplewort peachwort pearlwort pennywort * pepperwort peterwort pilewort pillwort pipewort quillwort quinsywort ragwort * rattlewort ribwort rosewort rupturewort saltwort sandwort sawwort saw-wort scorpionwort scurvywort setterwort sicklewort sleepwort slipperwort sneezewort soapwort sparrowwort spearwort spiderwort spleenwort * spoonwort springwort spurwort St. James' wort St. John's wort St. Peter's wort stabwort staggerwort staithwort standerwort starwort * staverwort stinkwort stitchwort stonewort strapwort sulphurwort swallow-wort * sweetwort talewort tetterwort thoroughwort throatwort * thrumwort toothwort towerwort trophywort wallwort wartwort waterwort willowwort wortcunning wortlike wortlore worts worty wortyard woundwort * yellowwort

词源

词源 1
PIE word
*wréh₂ds
From Middle English wort, wurt, wyrte (“any herb or plant; herb or plant used as food or medicine; (specifically) cabbage or vegetable of the genus Brassica; (chiefly plural) dish of cooked vegetables”) [and other forms], from Old English wyrt (“a plant; vegetable; herb, spice”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *wurti (“a root; a spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂ds (“a root”). Doublet of root and related to orchard.
Cognates
* Old Dutch wort (“herb; plant”) (Middle Dutch wort (“herb; root”))
* Old High German wurz (“herb; root; spice”) (Middle High German wurz, modern German Wurz)
* Old Norse jurt, urt (“herb”) (Icelandic jurt, Norwegian urt, Old Danish urt (modern Danish urt), Old Swedish yrt (“plant”) (modern Swedish ört))
* Old Saxon wurt (“herb; plant; root”) (Middle Low German wort, wurt)
词源 2
From Middle English wort, worte (“infusion of grain (probably malted barley) for brewing ale or beer; unfermented or incompletely fermented beer; infusion of honey and water for making mead; unfermented decoction or infusion of other substances used for food or medicine”) [and other forms], from Old English wurt, wyrt, wyrte (“wort in brewing”), from a merger of Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju (“wort in brewing; seasoning, spice”) and *wurti (“root; spice”), both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrōts (“a root”): see further at etymology 1.
Cognates
* Dutch wort (“wort in brewing”)
* Middle Low German wert, werte (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”)
* Old High German wirz (“infusion of malt in brewing; unfermented beer”) (Middle High German wirz, modern German Wirz (“juice; sweet liquid; unfermented beer”) (obsolete); see also German Würze (“aroma; seasoning, spice; spiciness”))
* Old Norse virtr (Danish urt (“wort in brewing”), Icelandic virt, virtur, Norwegian vørter, Swedish vört)
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