gladiolus
英 [,glædɪ'əʊləs]
- n. 剑兰；[解剖] 胸骨体
英英释义
- 1. any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
- 2. the large central part of the breastbone
实用场景例句
- In the courtyard there grow a lot of gladioli.
- 院子里种植了很多剑兰花.
期刊摘选
- I see . Usually we go to see the sick with carnations and gladioli.
- 好的. 通常我们看病人用康乃馨或剑兰.
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中文词源
gladiolus 剑兰
词源同gladiator, 剑客，角斗士。因叶片形似宽剑而得名。
英文词源
- gladiolus (n.)
- "wild iris," c. 1000, from Latin gladiolus "wild iris, sword-lily," literally "small sword," diminutive of gladius "sword" (see gladiator); the plant so called by Pliny in reference to its sword-shaped leaves. The Old English form of the word was gladdon. Form gladiol is attested from mid-15c.; the modern use perhaps represents a 1560s reborrowing from Latin.
词态变化
复数: gladioli;