sedge

英 [sedʒ] 美[sɛdʒ]

低频词畅通词汇

复数: sedges;

sedge 莎草

来自古英语 sedg,莎草，芦苇，来自 Proto-Germanic*sagjoz,剑，可能来自 PIE*sek,砍，切，词源同 scissor,segment.拼写受-dge 影响，如 bridge,fridge.比喻用法，因这种草叶片如剑而得名。

sedge: sedge: [OE] The sedge is etymologically the plant with ‘cutting’ leaves. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sagjaz, which was descended from the Indo-European base *sek- ‘cut’ (source also of English saw, section, segment, sickle, etc).
=> section, segment
sedge (n.): "coarse grass-like plant growing in wet places," Old English secg "sedge, reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *sagjoz (cognates: Low German segge, German Segge), probably from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.) and compare Old English secg, identical in form but meaning "sword;" and German schwertel-gras "sedge" from schwert "sword"), on notion of plant with "cutting" leaves (compare etymological sense of gladiolus). Old Irish seisg, Welsh hesgreed "rush" might represent a similar sense development from the same root. Often spelled seg, segg until present form triumphed early 1900s.

1. Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem.: 莎草看上去和普通的草没什么两样，但其草茎是实芯的而不是空芯的。

4. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.: 欧洲的一种莎草,具有小的、可食用的坚果状块茎.

5. European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla.: 一种欧洲的海岸苔草,沿美国大西洋海岸归化; 具有菝葜性能的根茎.