zinnias

IPA/ˈzɪn.i.ə/
KK[zˈɪniəz]IPA/ˈzɪn.i.ə/

zinnias — 名詞

  • zinniassingular
  • zinniasesplural

1. a garden plant originally from warm regions of the Americas that has bright, lon

1.名詞B1
釋義

百日菊

花朵色彩鮮豔的園藝植物

a garden plant originally from warm regions of the Americas that has bright, long-lasting flower heads in many colours such as red, orange, pink, yellow, and white.

例句

Salma planted a row of bright pink zinnias along the front wall of her house.

Salma 沿著房子前牆種了一排亮粉色的百日菊。

plant zinnias + location phrase

The zinnias in the park bloomed from July until the November frost.

公園裡的百日菊從七月一直開到十一月霜降時。

bloom time: summer through frost

常見搭配
  • plant zinnias
  • grow zinnias
  • cut zinnias
  • bright zinnias
  • annual zinnias
同義詞
  • marigold

    a different genus (Tagetes) with similarly bright orange/yellow flowers but a stronger scent

  • daisy

    a more general term for flowers with a central disc and surrounding petals; zinnias are a type of daisy-family plant

用法筆記

Zinnias is most often used in the plural form because these plants are usually described in groups — a single plant is a zinnia.

常見錯誤

I bought three zinnia from the nursery.
I bought three zinnias from the nursery.
the countable plural takes -s.

同根字

  • zinnia
    名詞B1

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常用片語

  • a row of zinnias
  • zinnia seeds
  • cut zinnias

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