Rattan

(noun.) a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms.

(noun.) the stem of various climbing palms of the genus Calamus and related genera used to make wickerwork and furniture and canes.

(noun.) climbing palm of Sri Lanka and southern India remarkable for the great length of the stems which are used for malacca canes.

编辑:陌莉

• He added, giving a crack to a rattan he held in his hand, And be back in quick time, too! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He wore second-hand kid gloves, in good repair, and carried a small rattan cane with a curved handle--a female leg--of ivory. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• She was carrying a thin rattan stick like a toy riding-crop, bound in leather. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

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