geranium
英 [d??'re?n??m]
美 [d??'ren??m]
助記提示
1、diminutive of geranos "crane" (cognate with Latin grus, English crane (n.)).
2、geranos => geran- + -ium.
3、名稱的由來是因為天竺葵的豆莢跟鶴的喙很像，因此又被稱為老鶴草，所以在英語里面它還有一個更加直接、淺顯的別名：cranebill。
中文詞源
geranium 老鸛草詞源同crane, 鶴，因其籽莢形似鶴嘴而得名。比較corbel.
英文詞源
- geranium
- geranium: [16] The native English name for the ‘geranium’, cranesbill, shows that the same thought occurred independently to the speakers of two independent languages many miles and centuries apart. For the plant’s seed case is long and pointed, very much like the beak of a crane; and geranium comes via Latin from Greek geránion, literally ‘little crane’, a diminutive form of géranos ‘crane’ (which is related to English crane).
=> crane - geranium (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin geranium, from Greek geranion, the plant name, diminutive of geranos "crane" (cognate with Latin grus; see crane (n.)). So called from shape resemblance of seed pods to cranes' bills; the native name in English also was cranebill. As a color name from 1842.
雙語例句
- 1. The lemon geranium sloughs dry brown leaves at the base of its branches.
- 檸檬天竺葵枝條底部棕色的枯葉會脫落。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some favoured dahlia, others preferred the bright geranium.
- 一些人偏愛天竺牡丹; 另一些人則比較喜歡鮮艷的天竺葵.
來自辭典例句
- 3. Geranium , Carrot Seeed, Jasmine , Evening Primrose, Grapeseed and so on.
- 天竺葵 、 葫蘿卜籽、葡萄籽 、 茉莉、月見草等.
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- 4. Stick a geranium in your hat and be happy!
- 插一支天竺葵在帽檐,快樂吧!
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- 5. The geranium is a garden plant with red, pink or white flowers.
- 天竺葵是種開紅 、 粉紅或白色花的花園植物.
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