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smartweed

/smahrt-weed/US // ˈsmɑrtˌwid //

聪明草,智慧草,聪明菜,聪明的草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several weeds of the genus Polygonum, having a smarting, acrid juice.

Examples

  • Peter Smartweed was the name of this young fellow, as Bob afterwards found out.

  • Mortimer turned up the Bowery, and Smartweed passed into a side street leading towards Broadway.

  • “The museum is on the next street,” remarked young Smartweed, as he rang the bell three times.

  • Peter Smartweed alone among the conspirators remains to be accounted for, and this is something that the police could not do.

  • The white-throated sparrow, a large and very pretty bird, eats the seeds of smartweed and ragweed.