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jasmine

/jaz-min, jas-/US // ˈdʒæz mɪn, ˈdʒæs- //UK // (ˈdʒæsmɪn, ˈdʒæz-) //

茉莉花,栀子花,栀子,茉莉

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery.
    • : any of several other plants having similar fragrant flowers, as the Carolina jessamine.
    • : a pale-yellow color.

Examples

  • Potted and hanging plants or even ivy, jasmine or roses grown against a wall are all good choices.

  • When Jasmine was 13, she, Acebo and her 70-year-old grandmother were living in Acebo’s 993-square-foot childhood home in Hollywood, Florida.

  • As her lifeblood drained away, so too did any chance for Jasmine having a normal life.

  • She constantly cried, and rarely slept, meaning Acebo rarely slept, “awakened by Jasmine’s gasping and choking,” the family’s lawyer wrote at the time.

  • “I will care for her until the day the good Lord takes her home,” said Acebo, a single mother living with her parents when Jasmine, her first child, was born.

  • Blue Jasmine touched on this a bit, but as a New Yorker, how do you feel about the state of New York City?

  • All that grows now is a beautiful double jasmine of which I have bowls full every day, and zinnias, ugly and useful.

  • Barker: I think that Woody was also surprised that Blue Jasmine did as well as it did because it was so dark.

  • All the flowers which he saw were Hindu: the champa, keora, and jasmine.

  • Bear with me, but the whole thing had a Blue Jasmine-like quality to it.

  • Barillet describes the growing of the common jasmine near Constantinople.

  • Before we got up to go, large wreaths of jasmine were hung round our necks, and small ones round our wrists.

  • The door opened; a glow of intimate yellow light was diffused over the jasmine and roses, and a woman's figure showed.

  • The latter is a fragrant yellow-colored water, prepared from gillyflower, jasmine, and flor de mistela (Talinum umbellatum).

  • Little Emily leaned over her mother for a kiss, then turned to touch caressingly the golden bells of the jasmine.