primrose
英 ['prɪmrəʊz]
美 ['prɪmroz]
- n. 报春花；淡黄色；樱草色；欧洲樱草；最佳部分
- adj. 樱草的；淡黄色的；樱草色的；令人愉快的
- n. (Primrose)人名；(英)普里姆罗斯，普丽姆罗丝(女名)
助记提示
1、prim- + rose.
2、literally "first rose," so called because it blooms early in spring.
3、As the name of a pale yellow color, by 1844.
中文词源
primrose 报春花来自prime,第一的，最初的，rose,玫瑰。字面意思即最早开的玫瑰花，因这种花于早春开花而得名。
英文词源
- primrose (n.)
- late 14c., prymrose, from Old French primerose, primerole (12c.) and directly from Medieval Latin prima rosa, literally "first rose," so called because it blooms early in spring (see prime (adj.)). As the name of a pale yellow color, by 1844.
Parallel name primula (c. 1100) is from Old French primerole, from Medieval Latin primula "primrose," shortened from primula veris "firstling of spring," thus properly fem. of Latin primulus, diminutive of primus; but primerole was used in Old French and Middle English of other flowers (cowslips, field daisies). The primrose path is from "Hamlet" I, iii.
双语例句
- 1. Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.
- 普丽姆罗丝累得精神都有些恍惚了，开始哭着说她饿了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Primrose was given an apple, left over from our picnic lunch.
- 我们中午野餐剩下的一个苹果给了普丽姆罗丝。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She is in the primrose of her life.
- 她正处在她一生的最盛期.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally.
- 夜来香油既可外敷于皮肤也可以内服。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. If we followed your advice we'd all be walking down the primrose path to ruin.
- 如果我们听你的建议就等于走上堕落自毀的道路.
来自《简明英汉词典》