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单词 florist
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Definition of florist in English:

florist

noun ˈflɒrɪstˈflɔrəst
  • A person who sells and arranges cut flowers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Note that in North America, it is normal practice for florists to deliver flowers in a container such as a vase or basket.
    • They are indigenous evergreen shrubs with large showy flower heads prized by florists and plant collectors all over the world.
    • Gloriosa is very popular as a cut flower with florists.
    • Among the services offered was a lifetime contract for fresh flowers on the graves, which Parker promised to arrange with a local florists.
    • I chose a cushion of yellow flowers from the florist's rather morbid catalogue, and wrote a card for it.
    • He made a stop in Town at a florist and sent flowers and cards to Lady Benthorne, Lady Vannington, and Miss Howitt.
    • If you don't have many flowers in your garden, use ones from a florist's shop or market.
    • Over the decades, when the Clifford Street florist provided flowers for a wedding, they asked for a photo of the big day to go on display in the shop.
    • The couple, who are retired florists and market gardeners, use the greenhouse to grow plants for an annual garden party to raise money for a donkey sanctuary in Devon.
    • Never eat flowers sold by nurseries or florists; they are not grown for consumption.
    • The area's obsession with flowers means local florists are burning the midnight oil just to keep up with demand.
    • A couple of years ago I walked past a florist selling bunches of native bluebells.
    • In the western world these plants are well known as a source of garden flowers and florists ' blooms.
    • She had returned to live with her mother and had got a job as a florist in Leeds Market.
    • We enjoy selling to florists because florists love flowers as much as we do.
    • Louisiana appears to be the only state in the nation that treats unlicensed florists making unauthorized arrangements as a public menace.
    • In the Cours Saleya markets, those florists who toil by night to create the float of the year spend their days vying for trade over the rest of their blooms.
    • I dragged him to go shopping for lavender but none of the florists seem to sell quite the same.
    • The tie-up we have established with various florists across the country has helped us supply flowers even at Mumbai and Delhi.
    • When he got back into town he would stop at the first florist and pick up flowers.

Derivatives

  • floristry

  • noun
    • But where else can you find art galleries, wonderful clothes, antiques, home design, exquisite floristry and all with free parking?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He told her she'd have to throw out the seven arrangements she had produced that morning if she wanted to avoid a $250 citation for practicing floristry without a license.
      • I passionately believe that floristry is art for everyone.
      • It's just in my blood now and floristry took me travelling around the world in the end.
      • It offers specialist courses in agriculture, animal management, equine, horticulture, garden design, floristry and wildlife, game and conservation management.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin flos, flor- 'flower', on the pattern of French fleuriste or Italian florista.

Rhymes

afforest, forest, Forrest
 
 

Definition of florist in US English:

florist

nounˈflôrəstˈflɔrəst
  • A person who sells and arranges plants and cut flowers.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Louisiana appears to be the only state in the nation that treats unlicensed florists making unauthorized arrangements as a public menace.
    • They are indigenous evergreen shrubs with large showy flower heads prized by florists and plant collectors all over the world.
    • Note that in North America, it is normal practice for florists to deliver flowers in a container such as a vase or basket.
    • Gloriosa is very popular as a cut flower with florists.
    • Never eat flowers sold by nurseries or florists; they are not grown for consumption.
    • He made a stop in Town at a florist and sent flowers and cards to Lady Benthorne, Lady Vannington, and Miss Howitt.
    • She had returned to live with her mother and had got a job as a florist in Leeds Market.
    • The area's obsession with flowers means local florists are burning the midnight oil just to keep up with demand.
    • I dragged him to go shopping for lavender but none of the florists seem to sell quite the same.
    • In the Cours Saleya markets, those florists who toil by night to create the float of the year spend their days vying for trade over the rest of their blooms.
    • When he got back into town he would stop at the first florist and pick up flowers.
    • Over the decades, when the Clifford Street florist provided flowers for a wedding, they asked for a photo of the big day to go on display in the shop.
    • In the western world these plants are well known as a source of garden flowers and florists ' blooms.
    • The tie-up we have established with various florists across the country has helped us supply flowers even at Mumbai and Delhi.
    • If you don't have many flowers in your garden, use ones from a florist's shop or market.
    • Among the services offered was a lifetime contract for fresh flowers on the graves, which Parker promised to arrange with a local florists.
    • I chose a cushion of yellow flowers from the florist's rather morbid catalogue, and wrote a card for it.
    • We enjoy selling to florists because florists love flowers as much as we do.
    • A couple of years ago I walked past a florist selling bunches of native bluebells.
    • The couple, who are retired florists and market gardeners, use the greenhouse to grow plants for an annual garden party to raise money for a donkey sanctuary in Devon.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin flos, flor- ‘flower’, on the pattern of French fleuriste or Italian florista.

 
 
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