词族 · barleycorn
词形变化
英语词源
- barleycorn (n.)
- late 14c., from barley + corn (n.1). Perhaps to distinguish the barley plant or the grain from its products. In Britain and U.S., the grain is used mainly to prepare liquor, hence personification as John Barleycorn (1620) in popular ballad, and many now-obsolete figures of speech, such as to wear a barley cap (16c.) "to be drunk."
权威例句
- 1. A barleycorn is better than a diamond to a cock.
- 对一只公鸡来说,一颗麦粒优于一颗钻石.