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

edelweiss

/ˈeɪd(ə)lvʌɪs

noun

A European mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves.

Celebrated in The Sound of Music, the edelweiss has white star-shaped flowers and grows on rocks and in crevices....

Even the dignified Sir Alec Guinness was so enamoured of his co-star in ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ that he searched the Swiss mountains for a rare edelweiss to lay at her feet.
Large carnivores, it turned out, were attracting people who wouldn't come just for the edelweiss and primrose.

Mid 19th century: from German, from edel 'noble' + weiss 'white'.

单词	edelweiss
释义	edelweiss /ˈeɪd(ə)lvʌɪs / noun A European mountain plant which has woolly white bracts around its small flowers and downy grey-green leaves. Leontopodium alpinum, family Compositae. Celebrated in The Sound of Music, the edelweiss has white star-shaped flowers and grows on rocks and in crevices.... Even the dignified Sir Alec Guinness was so enamoured of his co-star in ‘Fall of the Roman Empire’ that he searched the Swiss mountains for a rare edelweiss to lay at her feet. Large carnivores, it turned out, were attracting people who wouldn't come just for the edelweiss and primrose. Origin Mid 19th century: from German, from edel 'noble' + weiss 'white'.
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