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grass-of-parnassus

/gras-uhv-pahr-nas-uhs, grahs-/US // ˈgræs əv pɑrˈnæs əs, ˈgrɑs- //

帕纳苏斯草,帕纳苏斯之草,帕纳索斯草,帕纳索斯之草

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any plant belonging to the genus Parnassia, of the saxifrage family, growing in marshy areas, having broad, smooth leaves and a single, pale flower.

Examples

  • The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

  • The one caveat: Asprey advises only buying butter made from grass-fed or pastured cows.

  • We happily hoist our egg nog in the air, embrace each other, and raise our out-of-tune voices in song.

  • DISH delivers a one-of-a-kind entertainment experience to every room of your home, wirelessly.

  • A tugboat improbably sits high on the bank, obscured by tall grass, a broken oil rig hangs over the water nearby.

  • The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.

  • She threw out her arms as if swimming when she walked, beating the tall grass as one strikes out in the water.

  • The weed growing over every water, and at the bank of the river, shall be pulled up before all grass.

  • Everywhere cattle were being sold for a trifle, as there was no grass upon which they could feed.

  • We squatted in the long grass and buck-brush, listening, and a few seconds later heard a horse snort distinctly.