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

dandelion clock

noun British

The downy spherical seed head of a dandelion.Its head looks like a dandelion clock, from which flows a long tail which broadens and splits about a degree or so along its length....

Who too has not, as a child, picked a dandelion clock and blown away the seeds while making a wish?
His hair is grey and frothy, like a dandelion clock, but he carries his turbulent past and 66 years lightly.

Origin

From the child's game of blowing away the seeds to find out what time it is.

单词	dandelion clock
释义	dandelion clock noun British The downy spherical seed head of a dandelion.Its head looks like a dandelion clock, from which flows a long tail which broadens and splits about a degree or so along its length.... Who too has not, as a child, picked a dandelion clock and blown away the seeds while making a wish? His hair is grey and frothy, like a dandelion clock, but he carries his turbulent past and 66 years lightly. Origin From the child's game of blowing away the seeds to find out what time it is.
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