英语词汇tumbleweed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

tumbleweed. Any of several plants, including the Amaran- thus genus and the Russian thistle (Salsola kali), whose branch- ing upper parts come loose from the roots and are driven by the wind across the prairie. The plant, like sagebrush, has be- come a symbol of the West, as in song lyrics such as “drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweed.” One old belief has it that God put tumbleweed here to show cowboys which way the wind is blowing. The plant was originally imported to the U.S. as a border hedge!

词汇	tumbleweed
词源	tumbleweed. Any of several plants, including the Amaran- thus genus and the Russian thistle (Salsola kali), whose branch- ing upper parts come loose from the roots and are driven by the wind across the prairie. The plant, like sagebrush, has be- come a symbol of the West, as in song lyrics such as “drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweed.” One old belief has it that God put tumbleweed here to show cowboys which way the wind is blowing. The plant was originally imported to the U.S. as a border hedge!
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