释义 |
dispetal, v.|dɪsˈpɛtəl| [dis- 7 a.] trans. To deprive or strip of petals.
1863W. Lancaster Praeterita 74 Though the garland rose hereafter hung Dishonoured and dispetalled. 1880R. Broughton Sec. Th. II. iii. vi. 223 The splashed and dispetalled geraniums. 1887Stevenson Underwoods I. xxxv. 69 When the truant gull Skims the green level of the lawn, his wing Dispetals roses. |