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Press Cypress N Tree Late French Latin Saipris

单词 cypress
音标 ['saipris]
解释 n.柏树
红宝书 【英】 n. 柏树(a coniferous tree)
字源 cypress (n.)
type of evergreen tree (sacred to Pluto), late 12c., from Old French cipres (12c., Modern French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus, from Latin cupressus, from Greek kyparissos, probably from an unknown pre-Greek Mediterranean language. Perhaps related to Hebrew gopher, name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Gen. vi:14).
不择手段背单词 n. 柏树(一种常绿树); (作为悲哀象征的)柏树枝
【记】sy = see, press(v 压), 看上去有被压的感觉. 想象一下迎客松的样子.
趣味全助记 【记】音:死 + press 死人压抑;cry + press 或sigh(音同cy) + press 想哭,压抑;柏树象征着哀悼;

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