单词 | blue-eyed mary |
释义 | blue-eyed Mary in British Englishnoun a blue-flowered boraginaceous plant, Omphalodes verna, native to S Europe and cultivated in Britain blue-eyed Mary in American Englishnoun a North American plant, Collinsia verna, of the figwort family, having long-stalked flowers with the upper lip white or purple and the lower lip blue Also called: innocence Word origin [1890–95, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, cholesterol, masochism, pogey, takedown |
随便看 |
英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。