"fleshy appendage below the neck of certain birds," 1510s (extended jocularly to human beings, 1560s), of uncertain origin and of doubtful relationship to wattle (n.1). Related: Wattled.
wattle (n.1)
"stakes interlaced with twigs and forming the framework of the wall of a building," Old English watol "hurdle," in plural "twigs, thatching, tiles," related to weeel "bandage," from Proto-Germanic *wadlaz, from PIE *au- (3) "to weave" (see weeds). Surviving in wattle-and-daub "building material for huts, etc." (1808).
例文
1. walls made of wattle and daub
マッドウォール
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2.The physicochemical properties and rheology of gum black wattle was studied.
は、クロ荊膠の物理的、化学的、レオロジー的性質を研究した。
3.There is a house with wattle fence in the picture.
絵の中に垣根のある小さな家がある。
4. Wattle is purpose-built to withstand the country 's droughts，winds and bush fires.
人々は干ばつ、風砂、ジャングルの火災に対抗するために金を植えている。
5. Fig .1、2 The ultrastructure of leaf cells of black wattle at 20℃.