Iris

['aɪrɪs]

['aɪrɪs]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening.

(noun.) muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it forms the colored portion of the eye.

(noun.) plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals.

整理:泰勒--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods.

(n.) The rainbow.

(n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

(n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.

(n.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce.

(n.) See Fleur-de-lis, 2.

手打:劳里

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Rainbow.[2]. (Bot.) Flower-de-luce.

埃斯特拉編輯

解釋/意思:

n. the rainbow: an appearance resembling the rainbow: the contractile curtain perforated by the pupil and forming the coloured part of the eye (also I′rid): the fleur-de-lis or flagflower:—pl. I′rises.—adjs. I′ridal Irid′ian exhibiting the colours of the iris or rainbow: prismatic.—ns. Irides′cence Iridisā′tion.—adjs. Irides′cent coloured like the iris or rainbow; I′ridine iridescent.—v.t. Ir′idise.—adjs. I′risāted rainbow-coloured; Ir′ised showing colours like the rainbow.—ns. Irī′tis Iridī′tis inflammation of the iris of the eye.

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