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attar of roses

/at-er/US // ˈæt ər //UK // (ˈætə) //

玫瑰香精,玫瑰花香精,玫瑰花香水,玫瑰花香剂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also at·ar [at-er, -ahr], /ˈæt ər, -ɑr/, ath·ar [ath-er, -ahr], /ˈæθ ər, -ɑr/, ot·tar [ot-er], /ˈɒt ər/, ot·to [ot-oh] /ˈɒt oʊ/ . a perfume or essential oil obtained from flowers or petals.
    • : Also called at·tar of ros·es, ot·to of ros·es . rose oil.

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Examples

  • Ten-year-old Yasmine al Attar stares at me from under her dark curled bangs.

  • But Ghazipoor is most remarkable for its enormous rose-fields, and the rose-water and attar prepared here.

  • Not more than an ounce and a half of attar, at the utmost, is obtained from eighty pounds of roses.

  • We were offered sweetmeats and fruits, sprinkled with rosewater, and some attar of roses was put upon our handkerchiefs.

  • A small quantity of pure attar passes with the water into the receiver.

  • The Persian attar of roses is said to be obtained from this species.