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A type of tree with thin, often pale or white, bark, common in cold and temperate places. Its wood is pale and used for furniture and paper. Historically, a bundle of thin birch branches, "the birch," was used to hit children as punishment in schools — this is now illegal and seen as cruel.
樺樹；（歷史）用樺樹枝條體罰
原始詞典資料14 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Birchname
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A surname.
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A nickname of the surname Birchall.
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A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9419).
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A small village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD8507).
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A township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States.
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An extinct town in Eureka County, Nevada, United States.
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A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States.
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An unincorporated community in the town of Sanborn, Ashland County, Wisconsin.
birchnoun/bɜːtʃ/
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Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
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A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
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A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
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A birch-bark canoe.
birchverb/bɜːtʃ/
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To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
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To punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
- That the morrow would see us arraigned 'fore the Head And probably birched with a willow
- […] and was tied to a tree and soundly birched with a bundle of furze
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。