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单词 blow-ball
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blow-ball
blow-ball n.
Brit. /ˈbləʊbɔːl/
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U.S. /ˈbloʊˌbɔl/
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/ˈbloʊˌbɑl/
the globular seeding head of the dandelion and allied plants; also figurative.
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. xvi. 568 Condrilla hath..double flowers; the whiche past, they turne into rounde blowballes, like to fine downe or cotton.
1640 J. Shirley Impostvre iv. ii I'm your blow-ball, Your breath dissolves my being.
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 90 Shake him from his stalk, like a downy blow-ball.
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