daffodil

1.名詞B1

釋義

a tall garden plant that blooms in early spring, with bright yellow flowers shaped like a trumpet rising from a single long green stem; it grows from a bulb planted under the soil.

例句

Kemi planted twenty daffodil bulbs along the front fence last October.

collocation: plant + daffodil bulbs

The first daffodils opened in the school garden the week after Easter break.

typical seasonal context: daffodils + spring

同義詞

narcissus
the botanical genus name; covers daffodils and related yellow or white spring flowers.
jonquil
a smaller, strongly scented kind of daffodil, often with several flowers per stem.

用法筆記

Almost always countable; the bulb, the plant, and the cut flower can all be called a daffodil. Often used in the plural when describing fields, gardens, or bouquets.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a daffodils.

✅I bought some daffodils.

💡use a plural determiner with the plural noun.

❌The tree is full of daffodils.

✅The lawn is covered with daffodils.

💡daffodils grow from bulbs in the ground, not on trees.

daffodil — noun

1. a tall garden plant that blooms in early spring, with bright yellow flowers shap

用法筆記

常見錯誤