type of edible mushroom, 1670s, from French morille (16c.), of uncertain origin, apparently from Germanic; compare Old High German morhilo (German Morchel), diminutive of morha "root of a tree or plant," from Proto-Germanic *murhon- (source of Old English more, German möhre "carrot").
雙語例句
1. Morel subdued, afraid to seem too jubilant in presence of his wife.
毛萊爾默不作聲, 唯恐在妻子麵前過於喜形於色.
來自辭典例句
2. Mrs Morel was full of information when she got home from Nottingham.
莫雷爾太太從諾丁漢回家來的時候總是一肚子消息.
來自辭典例句
3. Mrs Morel was bitter against her husband for his many misdeeds.
毛萊爾夫人嚴厲指責她丈夫的許多不良行為.
來自辭典例句
4. Mrs. Morel felt as if she were numbed by some drug.
莫雷爾太太覺得自己象吃了麻藥似的,變得麻木不仁.
來自辭典例句
5. Mrs Morel felt everything go silent inside her.