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| Processed by: | richwarm (2011-12-05 22:19:14 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 37300 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> 女貞 = woman + chaste ! M @ 女貞酒 一種陳年紹興酒。在女兒出生後，便釀酒祕藏，待女兒出嫁時，取出以招待賓客。亦稱為「女兒酒」。 "It is often suggested that the name privet is related to private, but the OED states that there is no evidence to support this... The term is now used for all members of the genus Ligustrum" ---- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privet Webster ~ Origin of PRIVET: origin unknown First Known Use: 1542 "Ligustrum is a genus of about forty species of erect, deciduous or evergreen shrubs, sometimes forming small or medium-sized trees. They are now all known by the common name of privet." ---- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligustrum 女楨屬（學名：Ligustrum）是木樨科中的一屬植物。 ---- http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/女桢属 Example ~ 家住女贞路4号的德思礼夫妇总是得意地说他们是非常规矩的人家，拜托，拜托了。 Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. ---- "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" Editor: Wikipedia says it's 楨, not 貞, but Google says ~ On trad pages +"女貞" = About 197,000 results . . . and +"女楨" = About 2,240 results |
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+ 女貞 女贞 [nu:3 zhen1] /privet (genus Ligustrum)/ |