| 单词 | daphne |
| 释义 | daphne (once / 200328 pages) n WORD FAMILY daphne: daphnes USAGE EXAMPLES“I like looking out the windows at evergreens,” says Margy, who also has planted privet, sarcococca, daphne, evergreen magnolias and a bay tree. Seattle Times(Aug 26, 2016) For fragrance through the seasons, grow plenty of daphne, scented daffodils, viburnum, lilacs, roses, honeysuckle, lilies, sweet peas, lavender and heliotrope. Seattle Times(Aug 03, 2016) When my mother came across an unusual one, she would give an “Oh” of joy and tell me its name: daphne, wild heliotrope, pink orchid. Jean Fritz, Homesick(1982) n any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers Hypo|Hyper Daphne cneorum, garland flower widely cultivated low evergreen shrub with dense clusters of fragrant pink to deep rose flowers Daphne laureola, spurge laurel, wood laurelbushy Eurasian shrub with glossy leathery oblong leaves and yellow-green flowers Daphne mezereum, February daphne, mezereonsmall European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems Daphne (once / 3866 pages) n WORD FAMILY Daphne: Daphnes USAGE EXAMPLESThey also include a letter from Mrs Thatcher to Saddam Hussein, asking for clemency for British nurse Daphne Parish, who was accused of spying. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Daphne was born in January 2015 and we were in hospital for a week. The Guardian(Dec 02, 2016) A taut psychological thriller with shades of Daphne du Maurier’s “Rebecca.” Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) n (Greek mythology) a nymph who was transformed into a laurel tree to escape the amorous Apollo Hyper nymph (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden |
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