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peacock-flower

/pee-kok-flou-er/US // ˈpiˌkɒkˌflaʊ ər //

孔雀花,孔雀草,孔雀开屏,孔雀石榴花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : royal poinciana.

Examples

  • He felt his body grow limp (like one of those high-speed films of a flower wilting).

  • Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie.

  • There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.

  • Peacock served as an expert witness on grizzlies in federal court for Glacier National Park.

  • Doug Peacock has been writing and lecturing about Yellowstone's bears for 40 years.

  • Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

  • The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.

  • The Daily News, in referring to this, suggests that "peacock temper" was a misprint for "pique, or temper."

  • Black Sheep retreated to the nursery and read "Cometh up as a Flower" with deep and uncomprehending interest.

  • Her face was mild and pale; but it was the transparent hue of the virgin flower of spring, clad in her veiling leaves.