chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum — 名詞
- chrysanthemumsingular
- chrysanthemumsplural
1. a leafy garden plant that produces showy round flower heads in many colours, gro
菊花植物
開大型圓形花朵的觀賞植物
a leafy garden plant that produces showy round flower heads in many colours, grown in pots or beds and popular in late autumn displays.
Mayumi planted a row of chrysanthemums along the front path before winter arrived.
Mayumi 在冬天來臨前，沿著前面的小徑種了一排菊花。
countable: a row of chrysanthemums
The school garden filled one bed with yellow chrysanthemums for the autumn festival.
學校花園裡有一畦黃色菊花，是為秋季慶典準備的。
collocation: yellow / white / pink chrysanthemums
Eitan watered the chrysanthemums every morning before leaving for the office.
Eitan 每天早上去上班前都會替菊花澆水。
Chrysanthemums grow well in cool weather and need plenty of sunlight to bloom fully.
菊花喜歡涼爽的天氣，需要充足的陽光才能開得漂亮。
The flower shop on Maple Street sells potted chrysanthemums all through October.
楓街上的花店整個十月都在賣盆栽菊花。
用法筆記
Subject is usually a gardener or a setting; the plural form often names the species rather than specific individual plants.
常見錯誤
2. the round, full bloom of the chrysanthemum plant, often cut and arranged in bouq
菊花
菊花植物所開的花朵
the round, full bloom of the chrysanthemum plant, often cut and arranged in bouquets or used at funerals and seasonal ceremonies.
Gabriela laid a single white chrysanthemum on her grandfather's grave.
Gabriela 在祖父的墓前放上一朵白色菊花。
collocation: a single / white chrysanthemum
The florist tied a bunch of red chrysanthemums with a brown ribbon.
花店老闆用棕色緞帶綁了一束紅色菊花。
collocation: a bunch of chrysanthemums
Vikram brought a bouquet of chrysanthemums for his teacher's farewell party.
Vikram 帶了一束菊花參加老師的歡送會。
The chrysanthemums on the table opened slowly over three days in the warm room.
桌上的菊花在溫暖的房間裡花了三天才慢慢開好。
Bilal carried two huge chrysanthemums home from the market for his mother.
Bilal 從市場帶了兩朵大菊花回家給媽媽。
- mum
informal short form used for the cut flower as well as the plant
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense names the bloom you cut and display, while sense 1 names the whole living plant. The flower is the part most often given as a gift in East Asia.