单词 | Narcissus |
释义 | Narcissus(nɑːˈsɪsəs) noun Greek mythology a beautiful youth who fell in love with his reflection in a pool and pined away, becoming the flower that bears his name narcissus(nɑːˈsɪsəs) nounWord forms: plural -cissuses or -cissi (-ˈsɪsaɪ, -ˈsɪsiː) any amaryllidaceous plant of the Eurasian genus Narcissus, esp N. poeticus, whose yellow, orange, or white flowers have a crown surrounded by spreading segments Word origin C16: via Latin from Greek nárkissos, perhaps from narkē numbness, because of narcotic properties attributed to species of the plant |
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