houseplant
/ˈhaʊsplɑːnt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈhaʊsplænt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhau̇s-ˌplant/ (ame, mw)
houseplant — 名詞
- houseplantsingular
- houseplantsplural
1. a small plant that people keep in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer or fee
室內盆栽
種在盆中、放在室內的觀賞植物
a small plant that people keep in a pot indoors to make a room look nicer or feel fresher
Gabriela put a leafy houseplant on the windowsill so it could catch the morning sun.
Gabriela 把一盆葉子茂密的室內盆栽放在窗台上，好讓它照到早晨的陽光。
concrete noun shown with a typical care detail
Every houseplant in the office died while the staff were away for two weeks.
員工外出兩週的期間，辦公室裡的每一盆室內盆栽都枯死了。
plural reference: every + houseplant + singular verb
Omar waters his houseplants once a week and turns the pots toward the light.
Omar 每週幫他的室內盆栽澆一次水，還會把花盆轉向有光的那一面。
The shop sells small houseplants that grow well in a dark corner of a flat.
那家店賣一些在公寓陰暗角落也長得好的小型室內盆栽。
A spider plant is an easy houseplant for people who often forget to water things.
對於常常忘記澆水的人來說，吊蘭是一種很好照顧的室內盆栽。
- pot plant
more common in British English for the same thing
- indoor plant
broader two-word term, slightly more formal
用法筆記
Almost always countable; the plural 'houseplants' is common when talking about a collection. Distinguish from 'pot plant', which is the more usual term in British English.