单词 | pea-pod |
释义 | ˈpea-pod [f. pea1 + pod.] 1. The pod or legume of the pea-plant, which contains the peas. (Earlier name pease-cod.)
1882Ogilvie, Pea-pod, the pod or pericarp of the pea. 1884Browning Ferishtah, Two Camels 7 Horse, ass, and mule consume their provender Nor leave a pea-pod. 2. Local name of ‘a ‘double-ended’ rowboat used by the lobster-fishermen of the coast of Maine’ (Cent. Dict. 1890). 3. attrib. pea-pod argus, collector's name for the butterfly Lampides bætica.
1898Daily News 22 Aug. 6/3 The pea-pod argus..is so very scarce in this country that its title to rank as a British butterfly at all is doubtful. 1900Ibid. 6 Mar. 8/7 Monotonous shades of an unpleasant pea-pod tint. |

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