catnip

单词音标

catnip音标[\'kætnip]

汉语翻译

n. 假荆芥, 樟脑草

【医】 樟脑草(潞州荆芥)

英语解释

名词 catnip:

hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats

同义词：catmint, Nepeta cataria

详细解释

cat.nip

n.（名词）

A hairy, aromatic perennial herb(Nepeta cataria) in the mint family, native to Eurasia and containing an aromatic oil to which cats are strongly attracted.

假荆芥，樟脑草：多绒毛的芳香型多年生唇形科草本植物（荆芥 荆芥属） ，原产于欧亚，含有十分吸引猫的芳香油

Any of various other mostly aromatic plants in the genusNepeta, cultivated for their ornamental foliage and clusters of blue, lavender, or white flowers.

香草：一种十分芳香的荆芥属 植物，因其装饰性的叶和大团蓝色、淡紫色或白色的花朵而被栽培

来源：

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nip [catnip] variant of nep from Middle English nept, nep from Old English nepte from Latin nepeta [aromatic herb] [perhaps of Etruscan origin]

nip [假荆芥] nep的变体 源自 中古英语 nept, nep 源自 古英语 nepte 源自 拉丁语 nepeta [芳香的草] [可能源于埃特鲁斯坎语]