Poppy
['pɒpɪ] or ['pɑpi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
(n.) Alt. of Poppyhead
哈里森校對
解釋/意思:
n. a plant having large showy flowers from one species of which opium is obtained.—adj. Popp′ied covered or filled with poppies: listless as the effects of opium.—ns. Popp′y-head a carved ornament in wood often finishing the end of a pew; Popp′y-oil a fixed oil from the seeds of the opium-poppy.
伯特校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Well you'll have a rare poppy-show if you put all the things you've mentioned into your bouquet. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I caught her singing that song he gave her, and once she said 'John', as you do, and then turned as red as a poppy. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- All amongst the trees he saw moving objects, red, like poppies, or white, like may-blossom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- The group were happy enough, but-- Pleasures are like poppies spread; You seize the flower--its bloom is shed. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I should think,' said Sam, eyeing the piece of furniture in question with a look of excessive disgust--'I should think poppies was nothing to it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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