tassel
[ˈtæsəl]
n.
穗;
流苏状物;
（植物的）穗;
玉蜀黍的穗状雄花;
vi.
抽穗， （玉米）长穗须;
vt.
使抽穗， （为了使作物茁壮生长）摘去穗状雄花;
用流苏装饰;
例句:
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ANd it has AN inflorescence that looks something like a corn tassel.
甘蔗的花序有点像玉米的天花.
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The corn has begun to tassel.
玉米开始长出穗状雄花.
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The scientists were Jerry Merryman, James Van Tassel and Jack Kilby.
这些科学家是杰利马瑞曼, 詹姆斯范塔索和杰克基拜.
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Not the usual mortar-board cap with a tassel and not a heavy robe.
来自VOA
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Enough breeze...to make the tassel at the end of the blind-cord tap against the window.
来自P. Fitzgerald
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For example, he designed a shoe with a trompe-l'oeil heel that made its wearer appear to be standing on a curtain tassel.
来自NEWYORKER