daffodil
daffodil — 名詞
- daffodilsingular
- daffodilsplural
1. a tall garden plant that blooms in early spring, with bright yellow flowers shap
水仙花
春天開花的黃色喇叭形球根植物
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.
Kemi planted twenty daffodil bulbs along the front fence last October.
Kemi 去年十月沿著前院籬笆種下了二十個水仙花球根。
collocation: plant + daffodil bulbs
The first daffodils opened in the school garden the week after Easter break.
復活節假期過後一週，學校花園裡的第一批水仙花開了。
typical seasonal context: daffodils + spring
Eitan picked a bunch of yellow daffodils from the field for his grandmother.
Eitan 在田裡摘了一束黃色水仙花，要帶回去送給奶奶。
collocation: a bunch of daffodils
Rows of bright daffodils lined the path leading up to the village church.
通往村莊教堂的小徑兩旁，種著一排排明亮的水仙花。
In Wales, people often wear a daffodil on Saint David's Day in March.
在威爾斯，人們常在三月一日聖大衛日佩戴一朵水仙花。
cultural collocation: wear + a daffodil (Wales)
- plant daffodils
- a bunch of daffodils
- yellow daffodils
- wild daffodils
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
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