pollen

英['pɒlən] 美['pɑlən]

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复数: pollens;

pollen 花粉

来自拉丁语pollen,谷物粉，面粉，来自PIE*pel,面粉，粉末，粉尘，词源同polenta,powder.后引申词义花粉。

pollen: pollen: [16] Pollen originally meant ‘flour’ in English. Not until the 18th century was it taken up as a botanical term. It was borrowed from Latin pollen ‘powder, dust, flour’, a relative of pulvis ‘dust’ (source of English powder and pulverize) and polenta ‘pearl barley’ (source of English polenta [16]).
=> polenta, powder, pulverize
pollen (n.): 1760 as a botanical term for the fertilizing element of flowers (from Linnæus, 1751), earlier "fine flour" (1520s), from Latin pollen "mill dust; fine flour," related to polenta "peeled barley," and pulvis (genitive pulveris) "dust," from PIE root *pel- (1) "dust; flour" (cognates: Greek poltos "pap, porridge," Sanskrit pálalam "ground seeds," Lithuanian pelenai, Old Church Slavonic popelu, Russian pépelŭ "ashes").

1. As the day goes on, the pollen dries up and becomes hard.: 日子一天天过去，花粉干结成了硬块。

2. You can buy a formulation containing royal jelly, pollen and vitamin C.: 可以买一种含蜂王浆、花粉和维生素C的配方产品。

3. Avoid trips to the country while the pollen count is high.: 花粉计数高时，尽量避免去乡村旅行。

4. Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.: 蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的.