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bittersweet 音标拼音: [b'ɪtɚsw ,it] a. 又苦又甜的,苦乐参半的 又苦又甜的,苦乐参半的 bittersweet adj 1: tinged with sadness; " a movie with a bittersweet ending" 2: having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness [ synonym: { bittersweet}, { semisweet}] n 1: poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral- red berries; widespread weed in North America [ synonym: { bittersweet}, { bittersweet nightshade}, { climbing nightshade}, { deadly nightshade}, { poisonous nightshade}, { woody nightshade}, { Solanum dulcamara}] 2: twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds [ synonym: { bittersweet}, { American bittersweet}, { climbing bittersweet}, { false bittersweet}, { staff vine}, { waxwork}, { shrubby bittersweet}, { Celastrus scandens}] Staff \ Staff\ ( st[. a] f), n.; pl. { Staves} ( st[= a] vz or st[ aum] vz; 277) or { Staffs} ( st[. a] fs) in senses 1- 9, { Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [ AS. staef a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries. stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth. stabs element, rudiment, Skr. sth[= a] pay to cause to stand, to place. See { Stand}, and cf. { Stab}, { Stave}, n.] 1. A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument or weapon; a pole or stick, used for many purposes; as, a surveyor' s staff; the staff of a spear or pike. [ 1913 Webster] And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar to bear it withal. -- Ex. xxxviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster] With forks and staves the felon to pursue. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. " Hooked staves." -- Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster] The boy was the very staff of my age. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] He spoke of it [ beer] in " The Earnest Cry," and likewise in the " Scotch Drink," as one of the staffs of life which had been struck from the poor man' s hand. -- Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A pole, stick, or wand borne as an ensign of authority; a badge of office; as, a constable' s staff. [ 1913 Webster] Methought this staff, mine office badge in court, Was broke in twain. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] All his officers brake their staves; but at their return new staves were delivered unto them. -- Hayward. [ 1913 Webster] 4. A pole upon which a flag is supported and displayed. [ 1913 Webster] 5. The round of a ladder. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] I ascended at one [ ladder] of six hundred and thirty- nine staves. -- Dr. J. Campbell ( E. Brown' s Travels). [ 1913 Webster] 6. A series of verses so disposed that, when it is concluded, the same order begins again; a stanza; a stave. [ 1913 Webster] Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for an heroic poem, as being all too lyrical. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 7. ( Mus.) The five lines and the spaces on which music is written; -- formerly called { stave}. [ 1913 Webster] 8. ( Mech.) An arbor, as of a wheel or a pinion of a watch. [ 1913 Webster] 9. ( Surg.) The grooved director for the gorget, or knife, used in cutting for stone in the bladder. [ 1913 Webster] 10. [ From { Staff}, 3, a badge of office.] ( Mil.) An establishment of officers in various departments attached to an army, to a section of an army, or to the commander of an army. The general' s staff consists of those officers about his person who are employed in carrying his commands into execution. See {[' E] tat Major}. [ 1913 Webster] 11. Hence: A body of assistants serving to carry into effect the plans of a superintendent or manager; sometimes used for the entire group of employees of an enterprise, excluding the top management; as, the staff of a newspaper. [ 1913 Webster PJC] { Jacob' s staff} ( Surv.), a single straight rod or staff, pointed and iron- shod at the bottom, for penetrating the ground, and having a socket joint at the top, used, instead of a tripod, for supporting a compass. { Staff angle} ( Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. { The staff of life}, bread. " Bread is the staff of life." -- Swift. { Staff tree} ( Bot.), any plant of the genus { Celastrus}, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species ({ Celastrus scandens}) is commonly called { bittersweet}. See 2d { Bittersweet}, 3 ( b) . { To set up one' s staff}, { To put up one' s staff}, { To set down one' s staff} or { To put down one' s staff}, to take up one' s residence; to lodge. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Bittersweet \ Bit" ter* sweet`\, a. Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence ( Fig.), pleasant but painful. [ 1913 Webster]
Bittersweet \ Bit" ter* sweet`\, n. 1. Anything which is bittersweet. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A kind of apple so called. -- Gower. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Bot.) ( a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral- red berries ({ Solanum dulcamara}); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal { dulcamara}. ( b) An American woody climber ({ Celastrus scandens}), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called { Roxbury waxwork}. [ 1913 Webster]
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