sedge: [OE] The sedge is etymologically the plant with ‘cutting’ leaves. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *sagjaz, which was descended from the Indo-European base *sek- ‘cut’ (source also of English saw, section, segment, sickle, etc). => section, segment
sedge (n.)
"coarse grass-like plant growing in wet places," Old English secg "sedge, reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *sagjoz (cognates: Low German segge, German Segge), probably from PIE root *sek- "to cut" (see section (n.) and compare Old English secg, identical in form but meaning "sword;" and German schwertel-gras "sedge" from schwert "sword"), on notion of plant with "cutting" leaves (compare etymological sense of gladiolus). Old Irish seisg, Welsh hesgreed "rush" might represent a similar sense development from the same root. Often spelled seg, segg until present form triumphed early 1900s.
雙語例句
1. Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem.
莎草看上去和普通的草沒什麽兩樣，但其草莖是實芯的而不是空芯的。
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2. Meyer Sedge fiber is a new type of green fiber.
烏拉草纖維是一種新型的綠色環保纖維.
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3. Sedge grows in marshes or near water.
蘆葦生長在沼澤地帶或水邊.
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4. European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers.
歐洲的一種莎草,具有小的、可食用的堅果狀塊莖.
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5. European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla.