asphodel
英 ['æsfədel]
美['æsfə'dɛl]
- n. 水仙；日光兰；常春花
英文词源
- asphodel (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin asphodelus, from Greek asphodelos "asphodel, king's spear, plant of the lily kind," which is of unknown origin (see daffodil). It was the peculiar plant of the dead; and in Greek mythology and English poetic use it overspreads the Elysian meadows.
To embathe In nectared lavers strewed with asphodel. [Milton, "Comus," 1634]
双语例句
- 1. What would I get if I added root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?
- 若把水仙根加入艾草液里会产生什么样的效果?
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