Orchid
['ɔːkɪd] or ['ɔrkɪd]
解释:
(noun.) any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors.
哈迪编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) Any plant of the order Orchidaceae. See Orchidaceous.
校对:维多利亚
解释:
n. a plant with a rich showy often fragrant flower frequently found growing in warm countries on rocks and stems of trees.—adjs. Orchidā′ceous Orchid′ēous pertaining to the orchids.—ns. Orchidol′ogy the knowledge of orchids; Or′chis a genus containing ten of the British species of orchids.
编辑:默里
例句:
- In other orchids the threads cohere at one end of the pollen-masses; and this forms the first or nascent trace of a caudicle. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- In the vegetable kingdom Mr. Mivart only alludes to two cases, namely the structure of the flowers of orchids, and the movements of climbing plants. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- On the piano stood a large basket of orchids which Mr. van der Luyden had had sent from Skuytercliff. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
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