birch

名词 birch:

1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
   同义词：birch tree
3. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
   同义词：birch rod

动词 birch:

1. whip with a birch twig

形容词 birch:

1. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
   同义词：birchen, birken

1. Lithe birch branches.
   柔软的桦树枝
2. Alder trees belong to the birch family.
   赤杨属于桦木科。
3. The birch has smooth bark and slender branches.
   桦树有光滑的皮和细长的枝。

birch

n.（名词）

Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genusBetula, native to the Northern Hemisphere and having unisexual flowers in catkins, alternate, simple, toothed leaves, and bark that often peels in thin papery layers.
桦：一种桦 属的落叶树木或灌木，生长于北半球，生有柔荑花序，互生、单茎齿状叶子的单性花以及经常脱去薄如纸层的树皮
The hard, close-grained wood of any of these trees, used especially in furniture, interior finishes, and plywood.
桦木：该树木质地硬纹理细的一种木材，尤其用于家具、室内装饰和胶合板
A rod from a birch, used to administer a whipping.
桦树的嫩枝，用作教鞭
v.tr.（及物动词）
birched,birch.ing,birch.es
To whip with or as if with a birch.
桦条，作鞭打用：用或似用桦条鞭打

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old English birce * see bher…g-
源自 古英语 birce *参见 bher…g-