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bramble 音标拼音: [br'æmbəl] n. 荆棘,悬钩子,树莓 荆棘,悬钩子,树莓 bramble n 1: any of various rough thorny shrubs or vinesBrambling \ Bram" bling\, n. [ OE. bramline. See { Bramble}, n.] ( Zool.) The European mountain finch ({ Fringilla montifringilla}); -- called also { bramble finch} and { bramble}. [ 1913 Webster]
Bramble \ Bram" ble\ ( br[ a^] m" b' l), n. [ OE. brembil, AS. br[= e] mel, br[= e] mbel, br[= ae] mbel ( akin to OHG. br[= a] mal), fr. the same root as E. broom, As. br[= o] m. See { Broom}.] 1. ( Bot.) Any plant of the genus { Rubus}, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. [ 1913 Webster] The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Zool.) The brambling or bramble finch. [ 1913 Webster] 43 Moby Thesaurus words for " bramble": adherent, adhesive, barnacle, brier, brier bush, bristle, bulldog, burr, bush, cactus, catchweed, cement, cleavers, decal, decalcomania, glue, goose grass, gunk, leech, limpet, molasses, mucilage, needle, nettle, paste, pine needle, plaster, prickle, quill, remora, scrub, shrub, shrubbery, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, sticker, syrup, thistle, thorn, yuccaBramble ( 1.) Hebrew _atad_, Judg. 9: 14; rendered " thorn," Ps. 58: 9. The LXX. and Vulgate render by rhamnus, a thorny shrub common in Palestine, resembling the hawthorn. ( 2.) Hebrew _hoah_, Isa. 34: 13 ( R. V. " thistles"); " thickets" in 1 Sam. 13: 6; " thistles" in 2 Kings 14: 9, 2 Chr. 25: 18, Job 31: 40; " thorns" in 2 Chr. 33: 11, Cant. 2: 2, Hos. 9: 6. The word may be regarded as denoting the common thistle, of which there are many species which encumber the corn- fields of Palestine. ( See { THORNS}.)
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