Maplename

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  An unincorporated community in West Virginia.

• 3

  A town in Wisconsin.

• 4

  An urban community in Vaughan, York Region, Ontario, Canada.

maplenoun詞源 1/ˈmeɪpl̩/

• 1

  Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood

  • Russian maple
  • They have a large maple in their yard.
• 2

  Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood

  • The vvarlike Beech, the Aſh for nothing ill, / The fruitfull Oliue, and the Plataine round, / The caruer Holme, the Maple ſeeldom invvard ſound.
  • The great Maple is a beautifull and high tree, vvith a barke of a meane ſmoothnes: the ſubſtance of the vvoode is tender and eaſie to vvorke on it; it ſendeth foorth on euery ſide very many goodly boughes and branches, vvhich make an excellent ſhadovv againſt the heate of the ſunne; […] There is a ſmall Maple vvhich doth oftentimes come to the bignes of a tree, but moſt commonly it grovveth lovv after the maner of a ſhrub, the barke heereof is likevviſe ſmooth; […]
• 3

  Any member of any species of genus Acer, characterized by (usually) palmate, five-lobed leaves and winged seeds, and often grown for syrup or wood

• 4

  Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a tree of a genus other than Acer which has an appearance or wood similar to an Acer tree.

  • Queensland maple
• 5

  Wood of an Acer tree, valued for its attractive appearance and hardness; also, similar wood from a tree of a genus other than Acer; (countable) a particular type of such wood.

  • This table is made of maple and also has some fruitwood inlays.
  • Eager and never weary we pursued / Our home-amusements by the warm peat-fire / […] / We schemed and puzzled, head opposed to head / In strife too humble to be named in verse: / Or round the naked table, snow-white deal, / Cherry or maple, sate in close array, […]
• 6

  The light-brown color of the wood of a maple tree (etymology 1, noun sense 3).

• 7

  The flavor of maple syrup made from the sap of a maple tree, or an imitation of that flavor.

  • What flavour is your ice-cream? Mine’s maple—it’s delicious.

mapleadj詞源 1/ˈmeɪpl̩/

• 1

  Of the light-brown colour of the wood of a maple tree (etymology 1, noun sense 3).

• 2

  Of the flavour of, or made with, maple syrup.

maplenoun詞源 2/ˈmeɪpl̩/

• 1

  archaicSynonym of mapau (“any of several trees of New Zealand, especially in the genus Myrsine”).

  • The maples – red, white and black – were there, and ribbonwood or lace bark; while rata, or 'Ironwood', so called because of its hardness, made a splash of crimson in summertime.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• MapleStory
• maple pea