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nard

/nahrd/US // nɑrd //UK // (nɑːd) //

芥末,芥蒂,芥子气,芥末酱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an aromatic Himalayan plant, believed to be the spikenard, Nardostachys jatamansi, the source of an ointment used by the ancients.
    • : the ointment.

Examples

  • Newsflash Nard-dawg, unplanned pregnancy is sometimes a good thing.

  • At Palermo you boasted you loved to talk with a foe over two sword-blades; Syrian nard softens your courage and your arm.

  • "The warmth of thy garments hath a goodlier smell than myrrh, than nard," he is saying, avidly touching her ear with his lips.

  • By subtle means, insidious as the breath of nard, corruption of primeval sin was spread from race to race.

  • Everywhere was given out the odor of nard, to which Vinicius had grown used, and which he had learned to love in the Orient.

  • And he smelled the smoke of nard and soltziphal burning in the cressets of the servants of Tishnar.