daisy
英['deɪzɪ]
美['dezi]
- n. 雏菊；菊科植物；极好的东西
- adj. 极好的；上等的
词态变化
复数: daisies;助记提示
1. daisy 是由 day's eye 缩略而成的单词。
2. 因为雏菊日落而合，日出而开，就像就像夜晚闭合，早晨睁开的一只眼睛。中文词源
daisy 雏菊来自短语day’s eye. 因这种花朝开暮合而得名。
英文词源
- daisy
- daisy: [OE] The Anglo-Saxons named this familiar flower dæges 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 dægesege, from dæges 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.
双语例句
- 1. Daisy strode alongside her, breathing heavily but keeping pace.
- 黛西在她身边大步走着，大口喘着气，但是没有落后。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Daisy called her daffy, but goodhearted.
- 黛西说她傻乎乎的，但心肠很好。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. "Listen," said Daisy, digging into her oatmeal.
- “听着，”黛西一边大口喝着燕麦粥一边说道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. a daisy wheel printer
- 菊瓣字轮打印机
来自《权威词典》
- 5. This fruit was picked only yesterday, it's as fresh as a daisy.
- 这水果是昨天才摘的,非常新鲜.
来自《简明英汉词典》