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birch
noun
uk /bɜːtʃ/ us /bɝːtʃ/
birchnoun (TREE)
[ C ]
a tree with smooth, often white bark (= outer covering) and thin branches桦树，白桦树
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Deciduous trees
acacia
acer
ailanthus
alder
almond
ginkgo
hawthorn
honey locust
hornbeam
horse chestnut
quaking aspen
red maple
red oak
rowan
rubber tree
wayfaring tree
weeping willow
white ash
white birch
white oak
birchnoun (PUNISHMENT)
the birch[ S ]UK
an official punishment in the past, that involved hitting a person across the bottom with thin sticks. The thins sticks are also called the birch.鞭笞;用桦木条抽打
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Punishing by causing pain
cane
caning
cat-o'-nine-tails
corporal punishment
flagellate
flagellation
lynch law
lynching
mortification
mortification of the fleshidiom
non-lethal
paddle
spanking
tar
thrashing
thumbscrew
waterboard
waterboarding
whip
whipping
birch
verb[ T ]UKukus
to punish someone with the birch对…施笞刑
birch | American Dictionary
birch
noun[ C ]
us/bɜrtʃ/
a tree with a smooth, often white bark (= outer covering), or the wood of this tree
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