lavender
英 ['l?v?nd?]
美['l?v?nd?]
- n. 薰衣草；淡紫色
- adj. 淡紫色的
- vt. 用熏衣草熏
- n. (Lavender)人名；(英)拉文德
低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?lavenders;
中文詞源
lavender 薰衣草
可能來自拉丁語lividus,藍色，青紫色，詞源同livid.或來自PIE*leu,沖洗，涌出，詞源同lavatory,dilute,antediluvian.因這種花草用于洗手間的清香劑而得名。
英文詞源
- lavender (n.)
- "fragrant plant of the mint family," c. 1300, from Anglo-French lavendre, Old French lavendre, from Medieval Latin lavendula "lavender" (10c.), perhaps from Latin lividus "bluish, livid." Associated with French lavande, Italian lavanda "a washing" (from Latin lavare "to wash;" see lave) because it was used to scent washed fabrics and as a bath perfume. (An identical Middle English word meant "laundress, washerwoman;" also, apparently, "prostitute, whore; camp follower" and is attested as a surname from early 13c.). The adjective meaning "pale purple color" is from 1840.
雙語例句
- 1. All shades of mauve, lilac, lavender and purple were fashionable.
- 深深淺淺的各種木槿色、丁香色、熏衣草色和紫色都是流行色。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A trailing lavender negligee that swore at her bright red hair.
- 她身著拖地的淡紫色的長睡衣,與她那耀眼的紅頭發(fā)很不協(xié)調(diào).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The fragrance of lavender filled the room.
- 房間里充滿了薰衣草的香味.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The air was fragrant with lavender.
- 空氣中彌漫薰衣草香.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Lavender thrives in poor soil.
- 薰衣草在貧瘠的土壤中茁壯生長。
來自辭典例句