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snowdrop

/snoh-drop/US // ˈsnoʊˌdrɒp //UK // (ˈsnəʊˌdrɒp) //

雪绒花,雪莲,雪绒花属植物,雪花莲

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.

Examples

  • But there were also plenty of moments when they looked like a snowdrop.

  • The few who caught a glimpse of her in the white muslin dress “thought she looked like a snowdrop,” Barker notes.

  • Is it the hero's fault if self and snowdrop-singing poetasters cannot see this feat with the eyes of Camoens?

  • You look so cool—so fair—so like a snowdrop glittering with dew.

  • Snowdrop looked out at the window, and said, 'Good day, good woman!

  • We gave to this our untimely welcome long before the snowdrop came, and the golden name of daffodil has lost its vernal sound.

  • The snowdrop may very well come after the primrose in this song, which altogether ignores the process of the seasons.