单词 | window flower |
释义 | > as lemmaswindow flower window flower n. a flower placed near a window, for decoration or display; usually in plural; also figurative. ΚΠ 1818 J. Keats Endymion ii. 54 Juliet leaning Amid her window-flowers. 1877 J. R. Mollison New Pract. Window Gardener vi. 43 Yielding an amount of pleasure, interest, and affection which we never imagined window flowers to have the power of arousing. 1920 Century May 47/1 A narrow-paned display of window flowers that is as delicate and fugitive as the sentiment of the Japanese flower ceremonies. 2009 Antioch Rev. 22 420 The people above her watered their window flowers with so much water that it ran down over her windows that she had just cleaned. < as lemmas |
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