lime
lime 英 [laɪm] 美 [laɪm]
n. 石灰；酸橙；绿黄色 vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鸟胶于 adj. 绿黄色的
进行时:liming 过去式:limed 过去分词:limed 第三人称单数:limes 名词复数:limes
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- n. 石灰；酸橙；绿黄色
- vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鸟胶于
- adj. 绿黄色的
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1. lime exists in many soils.
石灰可以在许多种土壤中找到。
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2. lime in the soil is detrimental to some plants.
土壤里的石灰对某些植物有害。
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3. The wall was first pricked up with a coat lime.
墙壁先抹上一层石灰打底子。
- lime (n.1) "chalky, sticky mineral used in making mortar," from Old English lim "sticky substance, birdlime;" also "mortar, cement, gluten," from Proto-Germanic *leimaz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Norse, Danish lim, Dutch lijm, German Leim "birdlime"), from PIE root *(s)lei- "slime, slimy, sticky" (source also of Latin limus "slime, mud, mire," linere "to smear;" see slime (n.)).
- lime (n.2) "greenish-yellow citrus fruit," 1630s, probably via Spanish lima or Portuguese limão, said to be from Arabic lima "citrus fruit," from Persian limun, in reference to the Persian lime, which might be a hybrid of the "Key" lime and the lemon; the word is perhaps from or related to Sanskrit nimbu "lime."
- lime (n.3) "linden tree," 1620s, earlier line (c. 1500), from Middle English lynde (early 14c.), from Old English lind "lime tree" (see linden). Klein suggests the change of -n- to -m- began in compounds whose second element began in a labial (such as line-bark, line-bast). An ornamental European tree, it is unrelated to the tree that produces the citrus fruit.
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