hemlock
US /ˈhem.lɑːk/
UK /ˈhem.lɒk/
名詞
1.
毒參, 毒芹
a highly poisonous European plant of the parsley family, with small white flowers and a spotted stem
範例:
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Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock.
蘇格拉底被判處飲下毒參而死。
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The poisonous hemlock plant can be found in damp areas.
有毒的毒參植物可以在潮濕地區找到。
2.
鐵杉
a North American coniferous tree of the pine family, with short needles and small cones
範例:
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The forest was filled with towering hemlocks.
森林裡到處都是高聳的鐵杉。
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We sat under the shade of an old hemlock tree.
我們坐在一棵老鐵杉樹的樹蔭下。