cowslip

cowslip

英 ['kaʊslɪp]
　　美 ['kaʊslɪp]

n. 黃花九輪草；驢蹄草；流星花

中文詞源：

cowslip 野生報春花

cow, 牛，母牛。slip, 委婉拼寫，來自slop, 豬水，糞。因生長於牛糞堆而得名。

例句：

1. She cooked pease - pudding, and baked the bread and made cowslip wine and cherry - brandy.
她會做豌豆佈丁, 烤面包,用黃花九輪草做櫻桃白蘭地.

2. Does cowslip grow in tropic countries?
西洋櫻草生長於熱帶國傢 嗎 ?

3. In a cowslip's bell I lie ( Shakespeare )
我躺在野櫻草的鐘形花冠中 ( 莎士比亞 )

4. The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose.
金黃色的九輪花和淡紅的櫻草花.