plumbago
plumbago — 名詞
1. a garden plant that grows as a bush or a climbing vine, producing small flowers
藍雪花
開藍、紫或白花的灌木
a garden plant that grows as a bush or a climbing vine, producing small flowers in clusters that come in sky-blue, violet, or white, and is widely planted in warm regions
Marco planted a plumbago bush by a wall; within two months blue flowers covered it.
Marco 在牆邊種了一叢藍雪花，兩個月內整棵就開滿了藍花。
countable: a plumbago bush / a plumbago
Valentina trained the plumbago vine up a wooden trellis, creating a wall of purple flowers.
Valentina 讓藍雪花沿著木棚架攀爬，形成一面紫色花牆。
Plumbago grows fast in hot climates and can reach two metres if never pruned.
藍雪花在炎熱的氣候下生長迅速，若不修剪，可長到兩公尺高。
uncountable: Plumbago grows…
In the dry season, Tara watered her plumbago daily to keep the flowers from wilting.
在乾季，Tara 每天為她的藍雪花澆水，以免花朵枯萎。
- plumbago bush
- plumbago vine
- plumbago flowers
- blue plumbago
- climbing plumbago
- leadwort
the English common name for this genus, though less widely used than 'plumbago' in gardening contexts
文法句型
countable for a single plant or species
uncountable for the genus or material
用法筆記
Commonly called 藍雪花 in Taiwanese gardening contexts. As a countable noun it refers to an individual plant; as an uncountable noun it refers to the plant type or genus in general.
常見錯誤
2. an older historical name for the soft grey carbon substance now known as graphit
石墨；黑鉛
碳的一種，用於鉛筆芯
an older historical name for the soft grey carbon substance now known as graphite, used in pencil leads and to lubricate machine parts
Before the name 'graphite' became standard, many people simply called the dark pencil material plumbago.
在「石墨」這個名稱普及之前，許多人直接把鉛筆中黑色的材料稱為 plumbago。
historical register: before the name became standard
Cyrus read about miners who dug plumbago from the ground for use in marking.
Cyrus 讀到一則關於礦工的故事，他們從地下挖出 plumbago 當作標記工具。
The old sketchbook's label said 'plumbago drawing', even though the material inside was graphite.
舊素描本的標籤上寫著「plumbago 畫作」，但裡面的材料其實就是石墨。
In early chemistry textbooks from the 1700s, plumbago was listed alongside other carbon-based minerals.
在 18 世紀的早期化學教科書中，plumbago 被列為碳基礦物之一。
collocation: plumbago was listed + [in publication/context]
- plumbago drawing
- plumbago mine
- plumbago deposit
- graphite
the standard modern term; 'plumbago' is only found in historical or specialist writing
- black lead
another old name for graphite, reflecting the historical belief that it contained lead
用法筆記
This sense is now historical. In modern English, 'graphite' is the standard term. Learners should recognise 'plumbago' when reading older scientific or art-historical texts, but should use 'graphite' in current writing.
常見錯誤
同根字
- plumbaginaceous形容詞C2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- plumbago plant
- plumbago flower
- plumbago vine
- plumbago bush
- plumbago drawing
- plumbago mine
常用片語
- a plumbago bush
- plumbago pencil
介系詞搭配
- plumbago in [warm regions]
- a bush of plumbago