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petal

/pet-l/US // ˈpɛt l //UK // (ˈpɛtəl) //

花瓣,花瓣儿,瓣,瓣膜

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : one of the often colored segments of the corolla of a flower.

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Examples

  • That’s not to say that the process is fast—it can take a month for the petals to fully dry out—but your work load up front is minimal.

  • Marigolds’ fluffy, tightly-packed petals set them apart from other garden favorites, but you can be even more certain you’ve found the right plant by looking for its distinctive fern-like leaves.

  • As the first wave of the pandemic raged in India, Modi called for festivals of light and asked the air force to dispatch helicopters to shower hospitals with flower petals.

  • Next, begin gently spreading the petals, starting with the outer ones and working your way toward the center.

  • Then, using scissors, trim away any remaining thorny tips from the petals, working your way around the vegetable.

  • The shopper bags continued the petal effect, made perhaps from extra material from a wedding dress covered in rosettes.

  • And to keep the sun out of her eyes, the Burberry girl will be wearing white framed, petal-shaped dark glasses next spring.

  • He only brushed a flower so lightly with his fingertips that he did not disturb as much as a petal.

  • The satirical Petal Paper found an audience—but more and more of them were out of state.

  • He lived in the small town of Petal, Mississippi, across the river from Hattiesburg.

  • Its shape is of a lotos bud, and the long fissures that plough a mountain side are now but delicate gold veining on a petal.

  • "Then I am quite sure you will remember," she laughed, and fell to picking a rose apart, petal by petal.

  • She took another bungling stitch in the petal of a white floss daisy.

  • Ariadne was the white and slender lily, slowly unfolding petal after petal in obedience to the law of its own inner growth.

  • That other night, after he had gone home, he had found a solitary pink petal clinging to his scarf-pin.