botanical
/bəˈtænɪkl/ (bre, ipa) · /bəˈtænɪkl/ (ame, ipa) · /bə-ˈta-ni-kəl/ (ame, mw) · /bəˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/ (bre, ipa) · /bəˈtæn.ɪ.kəl/ (ame, ipa)
botanical — 形容詞
- botanicalpositive
- more botanicalcomparative
- most botanicalsuperlative
1. about plants, or about the science that deals with them.
植物的
和植物或植物研究有關
about plants, or about the science that deals with them.
Ravi sketched leaves in the botanical garden before the rain began.
Ravi 在下雨前就在植物園裡畫葉子。
botanical garden
The museum opened a botanical show about desert plants from Chile.
博物館開了一場介紹智利沙漠植物的植物展。
botanical + event noun
Our teacher brought botanical drawings to explain how seeds travel.
老師帶來植物圖畫，說明種子怎麼傳播。
A botanical survey found rare flowers near the mountain road.
一次植物調查在山路附近發現了稀有花朵。
Nadia keeps a botanical notebook with pressed leaves from each hike.
Nadia 每次健行後都會把壓好的葉片收進植物學筆記本。
文法句型
botanical + garden/name/drawing/study
botanical + survey/research
用法筆記
Usually appears before nouns such as garden, drawing, name, survey, and research. Distinguish from noun/1, where botanical names the plant or plant material itself.
常見錯誤
botanical — 名詞
- botanicalsingular
- botanicalsplural
1. a plant, or material taken from one, used in medicine or to add taste to a drink
藥草；香草
可入藥或為飲料增味的植物
a plant, or material taken from one, used in medicine or to add taste to a drink.
The guide showed us a botanical that villagers boil for stomach pain.
嚮導給我們看一種藥草，村民會把它煮來治胃痛。
a botanical that ...
In this tea shop, dried botanicals hang above the wooden counter.
這間茶店的木製櫃台上方掛著乾燥香草。
plural: dried botanicals
The small factory buys citrus peel and other botanicals for its gin.
那間小工廠會買柑橘皮和其他香草來做琴酒。
The distiller added one more botanical to the orange gin.
釀酒師又往橙味琴酒裡加了一種香草。
Researchers tested a rainforest botanical for cough medicine.
研究人員測試了一種雨林藥草，想用在止咳藥裡。
- herb
broader everyday word, often for cooking or simple remedies
- plant extract
focuses on material taken from a plant rather than the whole plant
- remedy
names the treatment itself, not specifically a plant source
文法句型
a botanical for + illness
botanicals in + tea/gin/drink
用法筆記
Often used in the plural when people list ingredients in tea, gin, or traditional remedies. Distinguish from adjective/1: this noun refers to the plant or plant matter itself, not to plant science.