| 释义 | cowslip/ˈkaʊslɪp /noun1A European primula with clusters of drooping fragrant yellow flowers in spring, growing on dry grassy banks and in pasture.Banks of primroses, drifts of bluebells and clusters of cowslips are now found only in secret, out-of-the-way places....Primula veris, family Primulaceae.
 I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, where oxlips and the nodding cowslip grow.The P. veris of Linnaeus's time is still to this day known as the cowslip.
2Any of a number of herbaceous plants, in particular:A dewdrop fell from the petal of a lone cowslip growing by the garden wall....North American term for marsh marigold (also Virginia cowslip) A North American plant with blue flowers (Mertensia virginica, family Boraginaceae)..
 Other partners for pink daffodils include lavender cowslips.
OriginOld English cūslyppe, from cū 'cow' + slipa, slyppe 'slime', i.e. cow slobber or dung. |