| 单词 | perennial |
| 释义 | pe·ren·nial I. 1. a. obsolete < where round the scene perennial laurels bloom — William Falconer > b. < perennial stream > < the perennial snow fields are of such great depth that glacial ice forms — W.W.Atwood †1949 > 2. a. b. < perennial insect > < perennial colony of bees > 3. a. < the perennial, elemental processes of nature — J.L.Lowes > < the family and the church have proved perennial in the experience of man — Political Science Quarterly > < the perennial value of this comparative study — Digest of Neurology & Psychiatry > b. < a perennial twinkle in his eye — F.W.Crofts > < the perennial conflict among the services over the question of defense organization — Atlantic > < a perennial problem of the land, erosion — Leslie Rees > < the perennial quest for certainty — D.A.Wells > : unfailingly popular < as perennial as Uncle Tom's Cabin — New Republic > c. < has begun to locate the perennial problems of man in the ordinary affairs of the men of his own time — Vincent Buckley > < perennial efforts … to stipulate the requirements demanded of their discipline — R.C.Hinkle > Synonyms: see continual II. 1. 2. a. < hardy perennial among independent producers — Budd Schulberg > < that vexatious perennial of Southern politics, the status of the Negro — W.G.Carleton > specifically < a hardy perennial in the book trade — A.L.Guérard > b. < certain to become fiery perennials on the assembly agenda — W.R.Frye > < infantile paralysis, that hardy summer perennial on magazine covers — Edith M. Stern > |
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