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duckweed

释义：

duckweed

duckweed，英语单词，主要用作名词，作名词时译为“浮萍；水萍”。

参见百度百科介绍

英语

 
两种不同浮萍的特写：
分别为 Spirodela polyrrhiza 和 Wolffia globosa

词源

来自duck +‎ weed。据说是因常被鸭子或水禽食用而得名。对照中古英语 dokemete (字面意思为“鸭子食物”)。

名词

duckweed（可数 & 不可数，复数 duckweeds 或 duckweed）

  1. 浮萍
    • 1909, H. G. Wells, The Beautiful Suit
      But his face was a face of such happiness that, had you seen it, you would have understood indeed how that he had died happy, never knowing that cool and streaming silver for the duckweed in the pond.

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