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phyle

/fahy-lee/US // ˈfaɪ li //UK // (ˈfaɪlɪ) //

植物学,植物人,植被,植物性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural phy·lae [fahy-lee]. /ˈfaɪ li/.

    • : a tribe or clan, based on supposed kinship.

Examples

  • Presently Thrasybulus, with about seventy followers, sallied out from Thebes, and made himself master of the fortress of Phyle.

  • With this object a protecting force was despatched to the "boundary estates," about two miles south of Phyle.

  • When you chose to condemn the ten generals, my phyle supplied the Prytanes, and I alone stood out against you.

  • There was Professor Phyle, the celebrated phrenologist—a tall man, with a gaunt face and long gray hair.

  • Professor Phyle, who had stuck his head out of the curtains, drew it in again suddenly, like the timid turtle.