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daisy

/dey-zee/US // ˈdeɪ zi //UK // (ˈdeɪzɪ) //

菊花,雏菊,雏菊花,小菊花

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dai·sies.

    • : any of various composite plants the flowers of which have a yellow disk and white rays, as the English daisy and the oxeye daisy.
    • : Also called daisy ham. a small section of pork shoulder, usually smoked, boned, and weighing from two to four pounds.Compare picnic.
    • : Slang. someone or something of first-rate quality: That new car is a daisy.
    • : a cheddar cheese of cylindrical shape, weighing about 20 pounds.

Phrases

  • daisy chain
  • fresh as a daisy
  • push up daisies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • This throw is washer- and tumble-dry-safe, so you can keep it fresh as a daisy.

  • Now a rising 8th grader, Daisy plays basketball, softball, and is a goalie on three soccer teams, per the suit.

  • Daisy is a marvelous cook and had once dreamed of becoming a food writer, but her father’s early death and her own early marriage at 20 derailed those ambitions.

  • Daisy thinks of herself as “short and dumpy,” in contrast to Hal, an older corporate lawyer who keeps himself in fighting trim.

  • Even the valor of tragedy is denied to Daisy, “a woman born with a voice that lacks a tragic register.”

  • The ad begins with a young girl counting the petals she is pulling off a daisy.

  • The odd (though beautiful) pair here is Daisy and Violet Hilton, conjoined twins who were a hit on the vaudeville circuit.

  • A helping of free PR, all while skillfully avoiding the exorbitant day rate of British fashion model Daisy Lowe.

  • Instead of sleeping with them, however, Joffrey forces Ros to beat Daisy with a whip… and then a giant club.

  • You would think the poor teacher would be driven crazy, but he seems as calm as a daisy in a June breeze.

  • "Daisy—papa's Daisy—your vows are made," whispered Ethel, gaining sole possession of the babe for a minute.

  • With such an assembly at hand the time was ripe for selling Daisy-Jewel to the highest bidder.

  • I lay on the grass in the cloisters, and the Daisy Chain hung from the sky, and was drawing me upwards.

  • Old Warrender would lean on his daisy-spud a pleased spectator of the Arcadian scene.