Crocus
['krəʊkəs] or ['krokəs]
解释:
(noun.) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated.
录入:雷内--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.
(n.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of iron, and used as a polishing powder.
编辑:塔比瑟
解释:
n. a bulbous plant with brilliant yellow or purple flowers: (slang) a quack doctor.
布雷迪录入
例句:
- But I have heard that the crocuses promise well, continued my companion imperturbably. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- The drop was at least twenty feet, however, and a bed of crocuses in full bloom lay beneath. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Flowers peeped out amongst the leaves; snow-drops, crocuses, purple auriculas, and golden-eyed pansies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
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