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gowan

/gou-uhn/US // ˈgaʊ ən //UK // (ˈɡaʊən) //

戈万,戈文,高文

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Scot. and North England.

    • : any of various yellow or white field flowers, especially the English daisy.

Examples

  • Gowan, Donald E. From Eden to Babel: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis 1-11.

  • Then Gowan told the judge about what she considers another asset of the estate.

  • Pulling a flower from the hill-side, he said as he held it up, "I can see God in that gowan."

  • In my fear I sat up amang my cairpets, like a puddock among gowan-leaves, and I listened wi' a' my ears.

  • And just at this particular moment Dolly was unconsciously sealing Ralph Gowan's fate for him.

  • It sounded rather like nonsense to Ralph Gowan, but it was not a pleasant sort of thing to think about.

  • Ralph Gowan was meanly conscious of not being overpowered with regret on hearing this latter statement of facts.