whin

• 指几种带刺灌木或坚硬岩石中的任一种，包括开芳香黄花、茂密的常绿灌木，用于染色的小型欧亚灌木，或燧石、玄武岩等各种坚硬的有色岩石。

A noun referring to any of several types of spiny shrubs or hard rocks, including a dense evergreen shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, a small Eurasian shrub used for dye, or various hard colored rocks such as chert or basalt.

1. Spiny shrubC1formal

   A very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers, common throughout western Europe.

   荆棘灌木

   • The hillside was covered in whin, its yellow flowers bright against the green.
   • She carefully avoided the sharp thorns of the whin bush.
   • Whin is often found growing wild in coastal areas.

   同义词furzegorse

2. Dye-producing shrubC1formal

   A small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States, sometimes grown as an ornamental.

   产染料灌木

   • The whin's flowers were used to produce a yellow dye.
   • Whin can be an invasive weed in some regions.
   • Gardeners sometimes cultivate whin for its bright blossoms.

   同义词furzegorse

3. Hard rockC2formal

   Any of various hard colored rocks, especially those consisting of chert or basalt.

   硬岩

   • The quarry extracted whin for road construction.
   • Whin is a durable material used in building foundations.
   • Geologists studied the whin formations in the area.

   同义词trapwhinstone