词族 · tansy
词形变化
英语词源
- tansy (n.)
- perennial herb native to northern Eurasia, mid-13c., from Old French tanesie (13c., Modern French tanaisie), from Vulgar Latin *tanaceta (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Late Latin tanacetum "wormwood," from shortened form of Greek athanasia "immortality," from athanatos "immortal," from a- "not," privative prefix, + thanatos "death" (see thanatology). So called probably for its persistence. English folklore associates it with pregnancy, either as an aid to contraception or to provoke miscarriage.
权威例句
- 1. North American herb with bitter - tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy.
- 北美的一种草本植物,类似水芹,但叶象艾菊叶.