geranium
英[dʒɪ'reɪnɪəm]
美[dʒə'renɪəm]
词态变化
复数: geraniums;
助记提示
1、diminutive of geranos "crane" (cognate with Latin grus, English crane (n.)).
2、geranos => geran- + -ium.
3、名称的由来是因为天竺葵的豆荚跟鹤的喙很像，因此又被称为老鹤草，所以在英语里面它还有一个更加直接、浅显的别名：cranebill。
中文词源
geranium 老鹳草词源同crane, 鹤，因其籽荚形似鹤嘴而得名。比较corbel.
英文词源
- geranium
- geranium: [16] The native English name for the ‘geranium’, cranesbill, shows that the same thought occurred independently to the speakers of two independent languages many miles and centuries apart. For the plant’s seed case is long and pointed, very much like the beak of a crane; and geranium comes via Latin from Greek geránion, literally ‘little crane’, a diminutive form of géranos ‘crane’ (which is related to English crane).
=> crane - geranium (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin geranium, from Greek geranion, the plant name, diminutive of geranos "crane" (cognate with Latin grus; see crane (n.)). So called from shape resemblance of seed pods to cranes' bills; the native name in English also was cranebill. As a color name from 1842.
双语例句
- 1. The lemon geranium sloughs dry brown leaves at the base of its branches.
- 柠檬天竺葵枝条底部棕色的枯叶会脱落。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Some favoured dahlia, others preferred the bright geranium.
- 一些人偏爱天竺牡丹; 另一些人则比较喜欢鲜艳的天竺葵.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Geranium , Carrot Seeed, Jasmine , Evening Primrose, Grapeseed and so on.
- 天竺葵 、 葫萝卜籽、葡萄籽 、 茉莉、月见草等.
来自互联网
- 4. Stick a geranium in your hat and be happy!
- 插一支天竺葵在帽檐,快乐吧!
来自互联网
- 5. The geranium is a garden plant with red, pink or white flowers.
- 天竺葵是种开红 、 粉红或白色花的花园植物.
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