英语词汇witch hazel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

witch hazel. Witch hazel solution is extracted from the leaves and bark of the witch hazel shrub. This plant, in turn, might take its first name from the fact that its branches were often used as divining or dousing rods to locate water. The O.E.D. however, believes that the witch here comes from the Anglo- Saxon sych, meaning a tree with pliant branches. Witch hazels (Hamamelis) are not true hazel trees. They are also called win- ter bloom because they bloom from October to April when their twigs are bare. The cuckold hazel, also called the beaked hazel, is a true hazel of the genus Corylus, and takes its name not because wives betrayed their husbands under it but because of its long hornlike fruits, which someone centuries ago com- pared to a cuckold’s horns.

词汇	witch hazel
词源	witch hazel. Witch hazel solution is extracted from the leaves and bark of the witch hazel shrub. This plant, in turn, might take its first name from the fact that its branches were often used as divining or dousing rods to locate water. The O.E.D. however, believes that the witch here comes from the Anglo- Saxon sych, meaning a tree with pliant branches. Witch hazels (Hamamelis) are not true hazel trees. They are also called win- ter bloom because they bloom from October to April when their twigs are bare. The cuckold hazel, also called the beaked hazel, is a true hazel of the genus Corylus, and takes its name not because wives betrayed their husbands under it but because of its long hornlike fruits, which someone centuries ago com- pared to a cuckold’s horns.
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