Thatch



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.茅草屋顶, 茅草
• ［英］ n.茅草屋顶, 茅草 ( a plant material used as a sheltering cover)
• ［例］ thatch huts of a fishing village ( 渔村茅舍)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English thecchen, from Old English theccan to cover; akin to Old High German decchen to cover, Latin tegere, Greek stegein to cover, stegos roof, Sanskrit sthagati he covers
• Date: 14th century
• to cover with or as if with thatch
• ? thatcher noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a plant material (as straw) used as a sheltering cover especially of a house
  • b. a sheltering cover (as a house roof) made of such material
  • c. a mat of undecomposed plant material (as grass clippings) accumulated next to the soil in a grassy area (as a lawn)
• 2. something likened to the thatch of a house; especially the hair of one's head

---