daisy
英 ['de?z?]
美 ['dezi]
- n. 雛菊；菊科植物；極好的東西
- adj. 極好的；上等的
助記提示
1. daisy 是由 day's eye 縮略而成的單詞。
2. 因?yàn)殡r菊日落而合，日出而開，就像就像夜晚閉合，早晨睜開的一只眼睛。
中文詞源
daisy 雛菊來自短語day’s eye. 因這種花朝開暮合而得名。
英文詞源
- daisy
- daisy: [OE] The Anglo-Saxons named this familiar flower d?ges ēage, literally ‘day’s eye’, from the fact that some species open in daylight hours to reveal their yellow disc, and close again at dusk. (The medieval Latin name for the daisy was solis oculus ‘sun’s eye’.)
=> day, eye - daisy (n.)
- Old English d?gesege, from d?ges eage "day's eye," because the petals open at dawn and close at dusk. (See day (n.) + eye (n.)). In Medieval Latin it was solis oculus "sun's eye." As a female proper name said to have been originally a pet form of Margaret (q.v.).
Daisy-cutter first attested 1791, originally of horses that trot with low steps; later of cricket (1889) and baseball hits that skim along the ground. Daisy-chain in the "group sex" sense is attested from 1941. Pushing up daisies "dead" is attested from 1918, but variants with the same meaning go back to 1842.
雙語例句
- 1. Daisy strode alongside her, breathing heavily but keeping pace.
- 黛西在她身邊大步走著，大口喘著氣，但是沒有落后。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Daisy called her daffy, but goodhearted.
- 黛西說她傻乎乎的，但心腸很好。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. "Listen," said Daisy, digging into her oatmeal.
- “聽著，”黛西一邊大口喝著燕麥粥一邊說道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. a daisy wheel printer
- 菊瓣字輪打印機(jī)
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. This fruit was picked only yesterday, it's as fresh as a daisy.
- 這水果是昨天才摘的,非常新鮮.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》