barley
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 大麦
构词拆分
bere词根/词干
+
-ly后缀
Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns. · Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "appearing like, resembling, or having the likeness of what is denoted by the noun".
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
- (Singapore) The seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi).