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thatch 音標拼音: [θ'ætʃ] n. 蓋屋頂的材料,用草蓋的屋頂,濃密的頭發
vt. 用茅草覆蓋 蓋屋頂的材料,用草蓋的屋頂,濃密的頭發用茅草覆蓋 thatch n 1: hair resembling thatched roofing material 2: plant stalks used as roofing material 3: an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America ( died in 1718) [ synonym: { Teach}, { Edward Teach}, { Thatch}, { Edward Thatch}, { Blackbeard}] 4: a house roof made with a plant material ( as straw) [ synonym: { thatch}, { thatched roof}] v 1: cover with thatch; " thatch the roofs" Thatch \ Thatch\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Thatched}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Thatching}.] [ From { Thatch}, n.: cf. OE. thecchen, AS. ? eccean to cover.] To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain. [ 1913 Webster]
Thatch \ Thatch\, n. [ OE. thak, AS. [ thorn][ ae] c a roof; akin to [ thorn] eccean to cover, D. dak a roof, dekken to cover, G. dach a roof, decken 8cover, Icel. [ thorn] ak a roof, Sw. tak, Dan. tag, Lith. st[= o] gas, Ir. teagh a house, Gael. teach, tigh, W. ty, L. tegere to cover, toga a toga, Gr. ?, ?, a roof, ? to cover, Skr. sthag. Cf. { Deck}, { Integument}, { Tile}, { Toga}.] 1. Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Bot.) A name in the West Indies for several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching. [ 1913 Webster] { Thatch sparrow}, the house sparrow. [ Prov. Eng.] [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " thatch": board, brick, clapboard, crop, face, fleece, glass, glaze, head, head of hair, lath, locks, mane, mat, mop, paper, plank, revet, shag, shake, sheathe, shingle, shock, slate, stone, tile, tresses, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weatherboard
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