arrowroot: [17] Arrowroot, a tropical American plant with starchy tubers, gets its name by folk etymology, the process whereby an unfamiliar foreign word is reformulated along lines more accessible to the speakers of a language. In this case the word in question was aru-aru, the term used by the Arawak Indians of South America for the plant (meaning literally ‘meal of meals’). English-speakers adapted this to arrowroot because the root of the plant was used by the Indians to heal wounds caused by poisoned arrows.
arrowroot (n.)
1690s, from arrow + root (n.). So called because it was used to absorb toxins from poison-dart wounds.
实用例句
1. Look for Lai of arrowroot Er cloth please, I am Johnson.
请找葛尔布莱, 我是约翰逊.来自互联网
2. Bermuda arrowroot is most highly esteemed.
百幕大竹竽最为驰名.来自互联网
3. Guesthouse, station, airport public can see velvet arrowroot.
宾馆.车站. 空港等公共场所都可见到天鹅绒竹芋.来自互联网
4. The material that make divides arrowroot outside, there was a skin again later.
制的材料除葛外, 后来又有了皮.来自互联网
5. China helps advance somebody's career the time of velvet arrowroot is not long.
