| 词汇 | whin |
| 释义 | whin noun[ U or C ] UKuk /wɪn/ us /wɪn/ used in some parts of northern England and Scotland to refer to gorse(= a wild bush with sharp thorns and small, yellow flowers), or to a gorse bush: 荆豆，荆豆丛 A pheasant exploded out of the whin.一只野鸡从荆豆丛中飞了出来。 a whin bush荆豆丛 Catherine Brown / EyeEm/GettyImages Furze is also known as gorse or whin. The fields were divided by whin hedges. The white creature disappeared into the whin bushes. They cleared the whins off the mountain and drained the bogs. Bushes & shrubs abelia abutilon angel's trumpet aronia artemisia dewberry dogwood eglantine ephedra firethorn manuka manzanita mayflower Mexican orange mock orange shrubby snowberry spicebush staghorn sumac sumac You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Flowers & flowering plants Examples of whinwhin The eradication of bracken, whins or gorse growing on a pastoral farm at the commencement of a tenancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, an 1884 book said the site was merely a rocky face, studded with blooming whins in summer, and a row of blasted ash-trees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There were wash-outs, water in the shafts, uncertain gradients, excessive small faultings, whin intrusions, burnt coal—all in one colliery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Attempts were made to block the breach with clay, whin, straw, etc to no avail. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are over 150 plant species including, marsh cinquefoil, marsh gentian, round-leaved sundew and petty whin. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Futile attempts were made to block the breach with clay, whin, straw, etc. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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