ar.bor.vi.tae 也作 ar.bor vi.tae

arborvitae的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌɑ:bəˈvaiti:]
KK音标发音： [ˌɑbɚˈvaɪti]

arborvitae的词性：
n.（名词）

1. Any of several North American or eastern Asian evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Thuja, having flattened branchlets with opposite, scalelike leaves and small cones. They are grown as ornamentals and for timber.
侧柏，金钟柏：一种崖柏 属的北美或亚洲东部常绿树木或灌木，具有对称鳞状叶的扁平小树枝及小球果，因其可作装饰和作木材而被种植

2. Any similar plant of the genus Platycladus or Thujopsis. Also called thuja
罗汉柏：一种侧柏 属及 罗汉柏属的类似植物 也作 thuja

3. Anatomy The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum, which has a treelike outline in a median section.
【解剖学】 小脑活树：脑的一种白色神经组织，其中央部分有树状轮廓

arborvitae的词源：

4. Latin arbor [tree]
拉丁语 arbor [树木]

5. v^otae [genitive of] v^ota [life] * see vital
v^otae [] v^ota的所有格 [生命] *参见 vital