Petal
['pet(ə)l] or ['pɛtl]
解释:
(n.) One of the leaves of the corolla, or the colored leaves of a flower. See Corolla, and Illust. of Flower.
(n.) One of the expanded ambulacra which form a rosette on the black of certain Echini.
约西亚整理
解释:
n. a flower-leaf: a corolla leaf.—adjs. Pet′aled Pet′aliform Pet′alous having petals or flower-leaves; Pet′aline pertaining to or resembling a petal: attached to a petal.—n. Pet′alism a method of ostracism practised in ancient Syracuse the name being written on an olive-leaf.—adj. Pet′aloid having the form of a petal—also Petaloi′deous.
亚伯整理
例句:
- They came forth at last in a little high table-land of snow, where stood the last peaks of snow like the heart petals of an open rose. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- He found Mary in the garden gathering roses and sprinkling the petals on a sheet. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- When the colour is absent from only one of the two upper petals, the nectary is not quite aborted but is much shortened. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The petals in the imperfect flowers almost always consist of mere rudiments, and the pollen-grains are reduced in diameter. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- In regard to plants, the petals are sometimes rudimentary, and sometimes well developed in the individuals of the same species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- Another richer than I desires to wed thee, Therefore do I shed tears, as the rose sheds her crimson petals. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Why should the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils, in each flower, though fitted for such distinct purposes, be all constructed on the same pattern? 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
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