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erica

/er-i-kuh/US // ˈɛr ɪ kə //UK // (ˈɛrɪkə) //

艾丽卡,埃里卡,艾瑞卡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous low-growing evergreen shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Erica, of the heath family, including several species of heather.

Examples

  • He wound up phoning his wife, Erica, and telling her he might like to coach someday at such a place.

  • Erica said Arizona should learn from what happened at Hacienda.

  • It was during this first conversation that Erica realized how much stigma her HPV status had.

  • Erica was 22 when her doctor called her and said she had an abnormal pap smear.

  • Erica was especially concerned because she had received the available HPV vaccine.

  • Erica is the foil to the unstable, decaying Beth—a kind, virtuous, smooth-skinned girl next door.

  • Francis was reportedly worried that Carey might injure their baby daughter, Erica.

  • Your correspondent Erica gives us some quotations and epitaphs, in which the metaphor of an Inn is applied both to life and death.

  • In the engraving is figured the exquisite Erica Cavendishiana, a deservedly great favourite in our English conservatories.

  • The fruit is generally a capsule containing many seeds, as in Erica (fig. 3) or Rhododendron; sometimes a berry as in Arbutus.

  • Two or three varieties of blue erica, tiny heaths, and epacris were also very pretty.

  • Day by day, also, he could make better use of Erica's Norwegian, for he was continually picking up new words.