orchid: [19] Greek órkhis meant ‘testicle’ (a sense preserved in English orchitis ‘inflammation of the testicles’ [18]). The tuberous roots of the orchid supposedly resemble testicles (hence the old dialect name ballock’s-grass for various sorts of wild orchid), and so the plant was named órkhis. The Latin form orchis was taken by botanists of the 16th and 17th centuries as the basis for the plant’s scientific name (they smuggled an inauthentic d into it, under the mistaken impression that its stem form was orchid-), and it passed from there into English.
orchid (n.)
1845, introduced by John Lindley in "School Botanty," from Modern Latin Orchideæ (Linnaeus), the plant's family name, from Latin orchis, a kind of orchid, from Greek orkhis (genitive orkheos) "orchid," literally "testicle," from PIE *orghi-, the standard root for "testicle" (cognates: Avestan erezi "testicles," Armenian orjik, Middle Irish uirgge, Irish uirge "testicle," Lithuanian erzilas "stallion"). The plant so called because of the shape of its root. Earlier in English in Latin form, orchis (1560s), and in Middle English it was ballockwort (c. 1300; see ballocks). Marred by extraneous -d- in an attempt to extract the Latin stem.
orchid 英文释义
1. any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
orchid 双语例句
1. the exotic blooms of the orchid
奇异的兰花
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2. There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.
有35,000多种兰花分布在世界各地.
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3. The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.
兰花这类植物我从来没种过.
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4. Looking up at the eaves, Orchid muttered: " Why isn't Spring Maiden back yet? "
兰花向天井檐上张一张, 自言自语地说: “ 青姑娘还不回来 呢 !
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5. Gripping my sleeve Ahyuan stared into Orchid's eyes.
阿圆扭着我的袖口,只是向着兰花的两只眼睛瞪看.
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orchid 实用场景例句
the exotic blooms of the orchid
奇异的兰花
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There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.
有35,000多种兰花分布在世界各地.
《简明英汉词典》
The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.
兰花这类植物我从来没种过.
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Looking up at the eaves, Orchid muttered: " Why isn't Spring Maiden back yet? "
兰花向天井檐上张一张, 自言自语地说: “ 青姑娘还不回来 呢 !
汉英文学 - 散文英译
Gripping my sleeve Ahyuan stared into Orchid's eyes.
阿圆扭着我的袖口,只是向着兰花的两只眼睛瞪看.
汉英文学 - 散文英译
This, in connection with what Orchid had said in the daytime, made me shiver too.
听见这突然寂止, 想起兰花日间所说的话, 我也不由得不怕了.
汉英文学 - 散文英译
The occurrence of apomictic reproductive structures on the leaf of the bog orchid, is of interest.
有趣的是在叶状沼兰叶子上发生无融合生殖的结构.
辞典例句
I like the butterfly orchid, Phalaenopsis like tenacious and selfless dedication.
我喜欢蝴蝶兰, 喜欢蝴蝶兰的顽强和无私奉献的精神.
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Orchid, took credit, brought benefit, also make its master reputation far sow.
兰花, 带去了信誉, 带来了效益, 也使它的主人声名远播.
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A quiet orchid in the deep valley represents a exclusive character.
深谷中的幽兰象征着一种孤傲的人格.
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Lan Pu ( Orchid Garden ) Add : Jie Fang Bei Road , Guangzhou Tel : 86677255.
兰圃广州市 解放北路 901号86677255.
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North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish - brown flowers.
北美洲的一种兰花,在晚夏每茎长出一片褶叠的常绿叶,在春季发出一枝有褐色花的花葶.
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The delicate orchid should be protected from cold , wind and frost.
娇弱的兰花应被妥善照顾以防风霜的侵袭.
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Central American orchid having spiderlike flowers with prominent green warts.
中美洲的一种兰花,具有蜘蛛状花朵,花上长有突出的绿色的瘤.
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Semidoublel orchid - mauve pansy. Variegated dark green and gold, plain; sucker propagation. Miniature.
