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单词 hemlock
释义
hemlock
noun
uk
/ˈhem.lɒk/us
/ˈhem.lɑːk/
[U]
atypeofpoisonmade from aplant:
Socrates was made todrinkhemlock after beingcondemnedforcorruptingtheyouthof Athens.
[CorU]
aplantwithsmallwhiteflowersanddividedleavesfrom which thepoisonhemlockcomes:
Beware, because thisplantlooksverysimilartopoisonoushemlock.
Waterhemlock is amongEuropeandNorthAmerica's mosttoxicplants.
picture of hemlock
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[C]
(alsohemlock fir,hemlock spruce)
anevergreentree(= one that neverlosesitsleaves)thatgrowsinNorthAmerica, used foritswood:
Thehikingtrailwindspasttoweringhemlocks andoaks.
the hemlockforestsofNorthAmerica
More examples
  • Herbalpreparationsinvolvingthepoisonshemlock orarsenicwererelativelycommoninancientmedicine.
  • Anextremetoxinsuch as hemlock orcyanidewould havecausedwrithingand contortions.
  • The hemlocks,sprucesandcedarsthatspreadoversoutheastAlaskaseemto go onforever.
  • From thetrail, you canexplorein anydirectionamongmountainlaurels,largehemlocks, andferns.
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Common plants
Types of evergreen & coniferous tree
(Definition ofhemlockfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • When the philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death, he was allowed to drink the poison hemlock in the company of his friends.
hemlock
noun[U]
uk
/ˈhem.lɒk/us
/ˈhem.lɑːk/
atypeofpoisonmade from aplantwithsmallwhiteflowersanddividedleaves, also called hemlock
从毒芹中提炼的毒药

hemlock| American Dictionary

hemlock
noun[C/U]
us
/ˈhem·lɑk/
apoisonousplantthat hassmallwhiteflowers
Hemlock is also atypeofevergreentreeoritswood.
(Definition ofhemlockfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhemlock

hemlock
On easternhemlock, a similar pattern was observed for males of the island population, but 40% of the females made a fifth instar.
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For males, larval development was significantly longer on sugar maple compared with the two coniferous species, but similar for balsam fir and easternhemlock.
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Thehemlocklooper is univoltine and overwinters in the egg stage.
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His aim is simply to engage in some exercise and sheer fun by cutting down these hemlocks that he owns.
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This redundancy enabled thehemlockto sprout a new 'trunk' when its first was destroyed.
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Variation in the number of larval instars has been previously reported across thehemlocklooper range.
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Psocoptera were most abundant on westernhemlockand grand fir, especially associated with staminate (male) flowers.
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The same trend was observed for males of the island population but differences between balsam fir and easternhemlockwere not significantly different (table 2; fig. 4).
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Now, it stands proudly in a row ofhemlocktrees, and to look at it you might not recognise its history unless you were a trained horticulturist.
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Douglas fir, westernhemlockand grand fir shared a number of herbivorous arthropods but were distinguished by a second principal component (fig. 1).
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Does he also think it right thathemlockshould have been the punishment?
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Some might wish that that solution was a dilute mixture of tranquillisers orhemlock.
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I would say that the other ingredients missing from his description are arsenic and old lace and a bit ofhemlock.
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Things like stinging nettles, elders, thistles,hemlockand chickweed, for example, often thrived only because rabbits ate the edible plants which would otherwise have competed with them.
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Waterhemlockhas a large swelling at the stem base.
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