| 单词 |
herborize |
| 释义 |
herborize, v.|ˈhɜːbəraɪz|
[a. F. herborise-r (1611 in Cotgr.) ‘derived from herbe by confusion with the radical of L. arbor tree: cf. arboriser’ (Darmesteter). Cf. the more etymological herbarize, herbalize.]
1. intr. To tend herbs or plants; to garden. rare.
1664Urquhart Rabelais i. xxiii. 109 Little Mattocks, Pickaxes..Pruning-knives, and other instruments requisite for herborising [1653 gardning].
2. To gather herbs; to botanize.
1749Stack in Phil. Trans. XLVI. 52 They herborized together in Catalonia. 1825tr. C'tess De Genlis' Mem. V. 38, I went with my little companion to herborize in the woods. 1865Pall Mall G. No. 134. 11/1 To herborize on the slopes of Parnassus.
Hence ˈherborizer, one who herborizes; ˈherborizing vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1789Coxe Trav. Switz. I. ix. 91 Haller, whom he accompanied in his herborising excursions. 1853Fraser's Mag. XLVII. 50 Herborizing never ceased..to be the scholar's chief delight. 1882Sala in Illustr. Lond. News 16 Sept. 295, I am not as Jean Jaques was, a ‘herboriser’, I only study ‘pot herbs’. |
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