英语词汇“cactus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	cactus
释义	Trends of cactus View usage for: cactus (kæktəs) Word forms: plural cactuses, plural cacti (kæktaɪ) countable noun A cactus is a thick fleshy plant that grows in many hot, dry parts of the world. Cacti have no leaves and many of them are covered in prickles. cactus in British English (ˈkæktəs) nounWord forms: plural -tuses or -ti (-taɪ) 1. any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae of the arid regions of America. Cactuses have swollen tough stems, leaves reduced to spines or scales, and often large brightly coloured flowers 2. cactus dahlia adjective 3. (postpositive) Australian slang ruined, broken, or not functioning Derived forms cactaceous (kækˈteɪʃəs) adjective Word origin C17: from Latin: prickly plant, from Greek kaktos cardoon cactus in American English (ˈkæktəs) nounWord forms: plural ˈcactuses or ˈcacˌti (ˈkækˌtaɪ) 1. any desert plants of the cactus family, native to the New World, with fleshy stems, reducedor spinelike leaves, and often showy flowers adjective 2. designating a family (Cactaceae) of dicotyledonous plants (order Caryophyllales), including theprickly pear, saguaro, and cereus Word origin ModL < Gr kaktos, kind of thistle, cardoon Image of cactus © Scisetti Alfio, shutterstock Examples of 'cactus' in a sentence cactus There were stone walls with cactus plants on top of them on the steeplechase course. Times, Sunday Times (2012) A mini cactus garden is super simple to make and easy to care for. The Sun (2013) One of the newer hangover cures on the block, people have in fact been eating prickly pear cactus for hundreds of years. The Sun (2015) South America garden are cactus. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Here, he displays anything from a responsive staircase that plays the scale as you climb it to a mathematical line-up of cactus plants. Times, Sunday Times (2010) After a long flight, all you can do is stumble around its pathways and cactus gardens, marvelling at the sheer audacity of it all. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Word lists with cactus flower In other languages cactus British English: cactus /ˈkæktəs/ NOUN A cactus is a desert plant with a thick stem, often with spikes. American English: cactus Arabic: صَبَّار Brazilian Portuguese: cacto Chinese: 仙人掌 Croatian: kaktus Czech: kaktus Danish: kaktus Dutch: cactus European Spanish: cactus Finnish: kaktus French: cactus German: Kaktus Greek: κάκτος Italian: cactus Japanese: サボテン Korean: 선인장 Norwegian: kaktus Polish: kaktus European Portuguese: cato Romanian: cactus Russian: кактус Latin American Spanish: cactus Swedish: kaktus Thai: ตะบองเพชร Turkish: kaktüs Ukrainian: кактус Vietnamese: cây xương rồng All related terms of 'cactus' crab cactus → Christmas cactus barrel cactus any of several large, cylindrical, ribbed, spiny cacti of the genera Echinocactus and Ferocactus cactus dahlia a double-flowered variety of dahlia Easter cactus a Brazilian cactus , Rhipsalidopsis gaertneri , widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers rattail cactus a small, often cultivated cactus ( Aporocactus flagelliformis ) with weak , cylindrical , creeping or drooping stems, native to Mexico and Central America Christmas cactus a Brazilian cactus , Schlumbergera (formerly Zygocactus ) truncatus, widely cultivated as an ornamental for its showy red flowers mistletoe cactus an epiphytic cactus , Rhipsalis cassytha, that grows in tropical America Chinese translation of 'cactus' cactus (ˈkæktəs) Word forms:pl cactuses cacti (ˈkæktaɪ) n (c) 仙人掌 (xiānrénzhǎng) (棵, kē)
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