rhubarb

rhubarb
noun
[mass noun]

the thick leaf stalks of a cultivated plant of the dock family, which are reddish or green and eaten as a fruit after cooking
大黄叶柄
the large-leaved Eurasian plant which produces these stalks
大黄
Rheum rhaponticum or rhabarbarum, family Polygonaceae
拉丁名Rheum rhaponticum（或rhabarbarum），蓼科
■used in names of other plants of this genus, several of which are used medicinally, e.g. Chinese rhubarb
用于大黄属其它植物名，如：Chinese rhubarb
(Brit. informal)the noise made by a group of actors to give the impression of indistinct background conversation or to represent the noise of a crowd, especially by the random repetition of the word ‘rhubarb ’with different intonations
(英，非正式)（一群演员用不同音调乱嚷‘rhubarb’时造成的）喧哗效果
■nonsense
胡说；无价值的东西
it was all rhubarb, about me, about her daughter, about art.
关于我，关于她女儿，关于艺术的说法全是一派胡言。
■[count noun](N. Amer. informal)a heated dispute
(北美，非正式)激烈的争论，激烈的辩论

语源

late Middle English (denoting the rootstock of other plants of this genus used medicinally): from Old French reubarbe, from a shortening of medieval Latin rheubarbarum, alteration (by association with rheum 'rhubarb') of rhabarbarum 'foreign rhubarb', from Greek rha (also meaning 'rhubarb') + barbaros 'foreign'

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