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ivy

/ahy-vee/US // ˈaɪ vi //UK // (ˈaɪvɪ) //

常春藤,常青藤,长春藤,长春花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural i·vies.

    • : Also called English ivy . a climbing vine, Hedera helix, having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, small, yellowish flowers, and black berries, grown as an ornamental.
    • : any of various other climbing or trailing plants.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Ivy League.
    • : New England. mountain laurel.

Examples

  • We were talking about bringing a similar thing over, because there’s even more people taking photos of a house or cat or ivy.

  • The species that the algorithm had the most trouble identifying were invasive plants like ivies, which usually hug on to houses or walls.

  • Less than two days later, poison ivy’s evil active ingredient, urushiol, had done its rash-causing thing on both my legs, part of my left arm, and one of my eyeballs.

  • She differentiated each tree and fencepost by the pattern of the English ivy wrapped upon it.

  • The set comes with 24 pieces of ivy, each about 78 inches long.

  • His most recommended plant was tree ivy—its juices sprayed up the nostrils.

  • From the religious (‘The Holly and the Ivy’) to the secular (‘The Chipmunk Song’), my top 20.

  • White, upper-middle-class, Ivy-League educated white men, however Great they are, are falling out of power.

  • In Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy, the self-induced, self-absorbed Greek tragedy of Andrew Lohse.

  • Ironically enough this madrassa is run mostly by Ivy League-educated Jews.

  • The villa and its terrace were built of white stone, but a large portion of the walls was covered with ivy.

  • Now under the ivy-laden branches of a tall old tree an owl startles them with its shriek.

  • It has a huge ivy-covered tower and its interior gives every evidence of the age-lasting solidity of the English churches.

  • Around us rose the broken, straggling walls, bare and bleak, without a shred of ivy or wall-flower to hide their grim nakedness.

  • The church, half covered by ivy and standing against a background of fine trees, presents a beautiful picture.