Cactus
['kæktəs]
解释:
(noun.) any succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native chiefly to arid regions of the New World and usually having spines.
手打:菲尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.
整理:马提
解释:
n. an American plant generally with prickles instead of leaves.—adj. Cactā′ceous pertaining to or like the cactus.
编辑:尼特
例句:
- Mrs. Fisher paused and looked reflectively at the deep shimmer of sea between the cactus-flowers. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- That was the odor of the cactus flowers, mimosa and the sea-grape shrubs. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Some spineless cactus in fruit are also shown. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The terrestrial species is confined to the centra l part of the group; it is smaller than the aquatic species, and feeds on cactus, leaves of trees, and berries. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- My lesson, I perceived, must to-night be very shortbut the orange-trees, the cacti, the camelias were all served now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- The silvered mountains in the distance, the almost stationary moon hanging in the sky, the cacti-studded valley below me were not of Mars. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
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