tulip

IPA/ˈtjuːlɪp/
KK[tˈuləp]IPA/ˈtuːlɪp/

tulip — noun

  • tulipsingular
  • tulipsplural

1. a garden plant grown from a small underground bulb, producing one tall stem with

1.名詞B1
釋義

a garden plant grown from a small underground bulb, producing one tall stem with a single cup-shaped flower in bright colours such as red, yellow, pink, or white, blooming in spring.

例句

Élise planted forty tulip bulbs in her front garden last October.

noun used with 'bulbs' for the planting stage

The fields outside Amsterdam glowed red and yellow with millions of tulips in April.

typical setting: tulip fields in spring

文法句型

a tulip / tulips

用法筆記

Subject is usually counted (one tulip, two tulips); also frequently appears in compound nouns such as 'tulip bulb', 'tulip field', and 'tulip festival'.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a tulip flower' (redundant).
✅I bought a tulip.
💡'tulip' already names the flower, so 'flower' adds nothing.
❌The tulip are blooming' (subject-verb agreement).
✅The tulips are blooming.
💡use the plural form when referring to more than one.