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birch

noun
🔊/bɜːtʃ/
🔊/bɜːrtʃ/
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  1. [countable, uncountable]
    (also birch tree [countable])
    a tree with smooth bark and thin branches, that grows in northern countries 桦树；白桦树see also silver birchTopics Plants and treesc2
  2. (also birchwood
    🔊/ˈbɜːtʃwʊd/
    🔊/ˈbɜːrtʃwʊd/
    )
     [uncountable] the hard pale wood of the birch tree桦木
  3. the birch
     [singular] the practice of hitting somebody with a bunch of birch sticks, as a punishment 用桦木条抽打（作为惩罚）
    4. Word OriginOld English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke.