lotus
英['l??t?s]
美['lot?s]
- n. 蓮花（汽車品牌）
詞態變化
復數:?lotuses;
中文詞源
lotus 蓮花，忘憂果
來自拉丁語lotus,無明確詞義，代指傳說中的多種奇花異果，后詞義固定為蓮花。忘憂果義來自短語lotus-eaters,最早見于荷馬史詩《奧德賽》，類似于中國紅棗，吃了能使人忘記過去和憂愁。
英文詞源
- lotus (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin lotus, from Greek lotos, name used for several plants before it came to mean Egyptian white lotus (a sense attested in English from 1580s); perhaps from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew lot "myrrh"). The yogic sense is attested from 1848. Lotus-eaters (1812) are from Greek lotophagoi, mentioned in "Odyssey," book IX.
雙語例句
- 1. Lotus grows in Africa and Asia.
- 荷花產于非洲和亞洲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. After the rain the lotus flowers looked fuller.
- 雨后荷花顯得更加潤澤了.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. The lotus leaves are unfolding.
- 荷葉舒展著.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Integrates with Lotus and MS Exchange servers.
- 集成了Lotus和MSExchange服務器.
來自互聯網
- 5. For all its beauty the lotus needs its green leaves to set it off.
- 荷花雖好,也要綠葉扶持.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》