pine中文

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pine
/ pain /

pine¹
◙ noun
1. (也作 pine tree)an evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. Many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine
• 松树。
--› compare fir
2. Genus Pinus, family Pinaceae: many species, including the Scots pine and stone pine
• 松属，松科：多种，包括欧洲赤松和意大利五针松
  used in names of coniferous trees of other families, e.g. Chile pine
• [用于其他科松类树木名称中，如Chile pine] …松
  used in names of unrelated plants that resemble the pines in some way, e.g. ground pine, screw pine
• [用于某方面类似松树而与松树无关的植物名称中，如ground pine, screw pine] …松
  [as modifier] having the scent of pine needles
• 有松针香味的
»a pine pot-pourri.
  有松针香味的百花香料。
3. [informal] a pineapple
• [非正式] 凤梨，菠萝

【派生】

♦ pinery noun

【语源】

1. Old English, from Latin pinus, reinforced in Middle English by Old French pin

pine²
◙ verb
1. [no obj.] suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart
• （尤指因伤心）消瘦，憔悴，衰弱
»she thinks I am pining away from love.
她认为我因爱情而憔悴。
(pine for)miss and long for the return of
• 怀念，思念

【语源】

1. Old English pīnian ('cause to) suffer', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch pijnen, German peinen 'experience pain', also to obsolete pine 'punishment'; ultimately based on Latin poena 'punishment'