mid-15c., earlier holin (mid-12c.), shortening of Old English holegn "holly," from Proto-Germanic *hulin- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German hulis, Old Norse hulfr, Middle Dutch huls, Dutch, German hulst "holly"), cognate with Middle Irish cuilenn, Welsh celyn, Gaelic cuilionn "holly," probably all from PIE root *kel- (5) "to prick" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kolja "to prick," Russian kolos "ear of corn"), in reference to its leaves. French houx "holly" is from Frankish *huls or some other Germanic source.
雙語例句
1. David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms.
戴維非常感激地把霍利送進那個女人張開的雙臂中。
來自柯林斯例句
2. She came out with two packages wrapped in holly-sprigged paper.
她抱著兩個用帶有冬青枝葉圖案的紙包裝的盒子走了出來。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He died at Holly Hall, his wife's family home.
他在妻子的娘家冬青府去世。
來自柯林斯例句
4. a sprig of holly
冬青樹枝
來自《權威詞典》
5. The room was lavishly decorated with tinsel and holly.