primrose
英 ['pr?mr??z]
美 ['pr?mroz]
- n. 報春花；淡黃色；櫻草色；歐洲櫻草；最佳部分
- adj. 櫻草的；淡黃色的；櫻草色的；令人愉快的
- n. (Primrose)人名；(英)普里姆羅斯，普麗姆羅絲(女名)
助記提示
1、prim- + rose.
2、literally "first rose," so called because it blooms early in spring.
3、As the name of a pale yellow color, by 1844.
中文詞源
primrose 報春花來自prime,第一的，最初的，rose,玫瑰。字面意思即最早開的玫瑰花，因這種花于早春開花而得名。
英文詞源
- primrose (n.)
- late 14c., prymrose, from Old French primerose, primerole (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin prima rosa, literally "first rose," so called because it blooms early in spring (see prime (adj.)). As the name of a pale yellow color, by 1844.
Parallel name primula (c. 1100) is from Old French primerole, from Medieval Latin primula "primrose," shortened from primula veris "firstling of spring," thus properly fem. of Latin primulus, diminutive of primus; but primerole was used in Old French and Middle English of other flowers (cowslips, field daisies). The primrose path is from "Hamlet" I, iii.
雙語例句
- 1. Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.
- 普麗姆羅絲累得精神都有些恍惚了，開始哭著說她餓了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Primrose was given an apple, left over from our picnic lunch.
- 我們中午野餐剩下的一個蘋果給了普麗姆羅絲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She is in the primrose of her life.
- 她正處在她一生的最盛期.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally.
- 夜來香油既可外敷于皮膚也可以內服。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. If we followed your advice we'd all be walking down the primrose path to ruin.
- 如果我們聽你的建議就等于走上墮落自毀的道路.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》