lily
lily — 名詞
- lilysingular
- liliesplural
1. a plant that grows from a bulb and produces large flowers shaped like bells or t
百合花
一種球根花卉，花朵大而呈喇叭形
a plant that grows from a bulb and produces large flowers shaped like bells or trumpets on a tall green stem. The flowers can be white, yellow, pink, orange, or red.
Dario planted white lilies along the fence in his garden last spring.
Dario 去年春天沿著花園籬笆種了白色百合花。
collocation: plant + lilies
The sweet smell of lilies filled the room after Tamar brought them inside.
Tamar 把百合花帶進屋裡後，整個房間都是花的香味。
A single orange lily stood in a glass vase on the kitchen table.
一支橘色百合花獨自插在廚房桌上的玻璃花瓶裡。
cut flower in a vase
In early summer, pink lilies grow along the path near the village church.
初夏時節，粉紅色百合沿著村莊教堂旁的小路生長。
Nala's grandmother grew white lilies in her garden for over thirty years.
Nala 的祖母在花園裡種了三十多年的白色百合花。
- white lily
- pink lily
- lily garden
- lily stem
- lily bulb
- lily petal
- lily pad (water lily only)
用法筆記
Lily bulbs are planted in autumn or spring. The plant is a perennial, so it comes back year after year.
常見錯誤
gild the lily
idiomTo spoil something by trying to improve it when it is already good or beautiful.
畫蛇添足
Mina added extra decorations to her painting, but she just gilded the lily.
Why did you put more flowers on the cake? That's gilding the lily.
lily — 形容詞
- lilypositive
- liliercomparative
- liliestsuperlative
1. used mainly in books or poems to describe something that is very pale and white,
潔白
像百合花般純白脆弱的
used mainly in books or poems to describe something that is very pale and white, like the petals of a lily flower, and suggests a pure, gentle beauty.
The bride wore a lily-white dress that reached the floor.
新娘穿著一件長及地板的潔白婚紗。
lily-white + noun describing clothing
Yara held the cup with her lily-white hands.
Yara 用她那雙潔白的手端起茶杯。
Against the dark wood, the lily-white tablecloth stood out clearly.
在深色木頭的襯托下，那張純白的桌布格外醒目。
Feng described his grandmother's lily-white hair in a short poem.
Feng 在一首短詩中描述祖母雪白的頭髮。
literary use: lily-white hair
- lily-white skin
- lily-white hands
- lily-white dress
- lily-white tablecloth
- snow-white
more common in everyday speech; less poetic
- porcelain
describes smooth, pale skin specifically
- fair
broader meaning; can describe light hair, skin, or complexion
文法句型
lily-white + noun
用法筆記
This sense is almost always expressed through the compound 'lily-white.' Using bare 'lily' as an adjective is extremely rare outside of poetry.
常見錯誤
同根字
- liliesnoun pluralA2
- lily-white形容詞B2