| 释义 |
rhubarb/ˈru:bɑ:b/n. 1a any of various plants of the genus Rheum, esp. R. rhaponticum, producing long fleshy dark red leaf-stalks used cooked as food 大黄(尤指菜用大黄，其暗红色肉质长叶柄可烹饪食用) b the leaf-stalks of this 大黄的叶柄 2a a root of a plant of the genus Rheum growing in Tibet and other regions of China (中国西藏和其他地区的)大黄根 b a purgative made from this (用上述的大黄根制的)泻药 3 Brit. [英]a colloq. a murmurous conversation or noise, esp. the repetition of the word ‘rhubarb’ by crowd actors [口]人声喧哗(尤指群众演员口中重复“ rhubarb ”造成的声音效果) b slang nonsense; worthless stuff [俚语]废话；无价值的东西 4 US slang a heated dispute [美] [俚语]热烈的争论(或争吵)[Middle English from Old French r(e)ubarbe, shortening of medieval Latin r(h)eubarbarum, alteration (by association with Greek rhēon ‘rhubarb’) of rhabarbarum ‘foreign rhubarb’, ultimately from Greek rha (also meaning ‘rhubarb’) + barbaros ‘foreign’] |