beech
noun/biːtʃ/
/biːtʃ/
- [uncountable, countable]
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(also beech tree [countable])a tall forest tree with smooth grey bark, shiny leaves and small nuts山毛榉 - forests planted with beech
山毛榉林 - beech hedges
山毛榉树篱 - The great beeches towered up towards the sky.
一棵棵山毛榉高耸入云。
- forests planted with beech
- (also beechwood[uncountable] the wood of the beech tree/ˈbiːtʃwʊd//ˈbiːtʃwʊd/)
山毛榉木材
Word OriginOld English bēce, of Germanic origin; related to Latin fagus ‘beech’, Greek phagos ‘edible oak’.