bur的词源

英文词源

bur (n.)

"prickly seed vessel of some plants," c. 1300, burre, from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish borre, Swedish hard-borre, Old Norse burst "bristle"), from PIE *bhars- (see bristle (n.)). Transferred 1610s to "rough edge on metal," which might be the source of the sense "rough sound of the letter -r-" (see burr).

中文词源

bur：芒刺，多刺果

来自PIE *bhars, 刺，见bristle.

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