petunia
英 [p?'tju?n??]
美[p?'tun??]
- n. 矮牽牛花
IELTS
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?petunias;
中文詞源
petunia 矮牽牛花
來(lái)自法語(yǔ)petun,煙草植物，來(lái)自葡萄牙語(yǔ)petum,最終來(lái)自南美土著語(yǔ)pety.-ia,花屬，類(lèi)。后用于指矮牽?；ǎ环N煙草植物。
英文詞源
- petunia
- petunia: see tobacco
- petunia (n.)
- 1825, from Modern Latin Petunia (1789), from French petun (16c.), an obsolete word for "tobacco plant," from Portuguese petum, evidently from Guarani (Paraguay) pety. The petunia has a botanical affinity to the tobacco plant. See tobacco.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Aunt Petunia looked as though she'd just swallowed a lemon.
- 帕特尼亞看起來(lái)像剛剛咽下了一個(gè)檸檬.
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- 2. Petunia: So he can't really be charged with burglary.
- 佩圖尼亞: 然則不能控告他入屋盜竊.
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- 3. Petunia Dersley : Cook breakfast. And try not to burn anything.
- 佩妮·德思禮: 快去煮早餐, 不準(zhǔn)燒焦東西.
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- 4. Petunia Dersley : Up . Get up. Now!
- 佩妮·德思禮: 起床! 起床了! 快呀!
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- 5. He exchanged dark looks with his wife, Petunia.
- 他和妻子意味深長(zhǎng)地對(duì)望一眼.
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