[mass noun]a material for making fences, walls, etc., consisting of rods or stakes interlaced with twigs or branches (用于编筑篱笆、围墙等的)枝条,篱笆条 ■[count noun](dialect)a wicker hurdle (方)(用枝条编筑的)栅栏
(chiefly Austral.)an acacia (主澳)金合欢树
Genus Acacia, family Leguminosae: many species, including the golden wattle 金合欢属,豆科: 多种,包括密花金合欢
verb
[with obj.]make, enclose, or fill up with wattle (用枝条)编制,编筑
语源
Old English watul, of unknown origin
wattle2 [ˈwɒt(ə)l] noun
a coloured fleshy lobe hanging from the head or neck of the turkey and some other birds (火鸡等鸟类的)垂肉