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单词 hyacinth
释义

hyacinth

/ˈhʌɪəsɪnθ /
noun
1A bulbous plant of the lily family, with strap-like leaves and a compact spike of bell-shaped fragrant flowers. Native to western Asia, hyacinths are cultivated outdoors and as houseplants.
  • Genus Hyacinthus, family Liliaceae: several species, in particular H. orientalis, from which the large-flowered cultivars are derived.
The miracle of spring flowers such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and lilies is even more astounding when one realizes how they reach the bloom stage each year....
  • Fall is the season to plant trees, turf grasses and spring-blooming flower bulbs such as tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocuses.
  • Spring-flowering bulbs such as tulips, crocuses, hyacinths, daffodils, and irises are universal symbols of spring.
1.1 [mass noun] A light purplish-blue colour typical of some hyacinth flowers: [as modifier]: the Queen Mother was wearing hyacinth blue...
  • Given over entirely to a celebration of painting, it is more or less bisected at a diagonal of golden russet dappling on a field of hyacinth blue, and suffused with ambient light.
  • Colour is inspired by spring flowers - daffodil yellow, light green, lilac and hyacinth blues or blossom pinks.
2 another term for jacinth.Lighter colored crystals have been referred to as hyacinth or jacinth stones....
  • Tin, amethyst, the sapphire, the smarage or emerald, hyacinth, topaz, crystal, bezoar, marble, and that which in England we call freestone.

Derivatives

hyacinthine

/hʌɪəˈsɪnθiːn / /hʌɪəˈsɪnθʌɪn / adjective ...
  • To the left walks Edwin, with hyacinthine locks, and a thoroughly classical type of face, and Grecian nose.
  • Last month, the township acquired an art-gallery overlooking a hyacinthine lily-pond.

Origin

Mid 16th century (denoting a gem): from French hyacinthe, via Latin from Greek huakinthos, denoting a plant identified with the flower in the myth of Hyacinthus, and a gem (perhaps the sapphire). The current sense dates from the late 16th century.

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