lime
英 [la?m]
美[la?m]
- n. 石灰；酸橙；綠黃色
- vt. 撒石灰于；涂粘鳥(niǎo)膠于
- adj. 綠黃色的
- n. (Lime)人名；(法)利姆
英英釋意
- 1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
- 2. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
- 3. a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds
- 4. any of various related trees bearing limes
- 5. any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
- 6. the green acidic fruit of any of various lime trees