英语单词 | alfalfa |
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英美音标 | 英 [æl'fælfə] 美 [æl'fælfə] |
中文释义 | n.[植]苜蓿 |
英语例句 | (1) Alfalfa can be used as animal food. (2) Alfalfa is the best type of hay for a cavy. |
中文例句 | (1) 紫花苜蓿可以用作动物饲料。 (2) 苜蓿对天天来说是最好的牧草种类. |
vocabulary简明 | Alfalfa is a plant that's often grown to feed livestock. Hay is commonly made from the dried alfalfa plant. |
vocabulary扩展 | Alfalfa is a flowering perennial, a plant that returns every year, although it's best known as food for dairy cattle and other livestock animals. When the plant is harvested and dried, it's often made into hay, and it's a popular feed because it's high in protein. If you're not a farmer, you may be most familiar with the sprouted form of alfalfa, which many people eat on salads. The word comes from an Arabic root, al-fisfisa, "fresh fodder." |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]苜蓿 Alfalfa is a plant that is used for feeding farm animals. The shoots that develop from its seeds are sometimes eaten as a vegetable. |
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