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lily-of-the-nile

/lil-ee-uhv-thuh-nahyl/US // ˈlɪl i əv ðəˈnaɪl //

百合花,百合,百合花之花,百合花的故事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a plant, Agapanthus africanus, of the amaryllis family, native to Africa, having large umbels of blue flowers.

Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 men were arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.

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

  • Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

  • You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

  • But Lessard's a overbearin' son-of-a-gun all round, and he's always breakin' out in a new place.

  • The sky was alight from zenith to horizon, the Nile aflame with sunrise, by the time the letter was written.

  • Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.