| 单词 | red-hot poker |
| 释义 | red-hot poker in British Englishnoun kniphofia kniphofia in British English (nɪˈfəʊfɪə) noun any plant of the perennial southern African genus Kniphofia, some species of which are cultivated for their conical spikes of bright red or yellow drooping tubular flowers: family Liliaceae Also called: red-hot poker Word origin named after J. H. Kniphof (1704–1763), German doctor and botanistred-hot poker in American Englishnoun tritoma Word origin [1885–90; so called from the fiery red blossoms at the end of the flower spike]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: scrum, sensitization, toner, upsweep, zoomExamples of 'red-hot poker' in a sentence |
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