单词 | depetal |
释义 | depetalv. transitive. To remove the petals from (a flower). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > uncover or remove covering from [verb (transitive)] > strip or make bare > strip of petals dispetal1863 depetal1936 1936 L. MacNeice Let. 16 Aug. in W. H. Auden & L. MacNeice Lett. fr. Iceland (1937) iii. 33 We like to dream of..a lazy music hour by hour depetalling the daisy. 1949 E. Bowen Heat of Day xi. 202 Children..engaged innocently on some act of destruction—depetalling daisies, puffing at dandelion clocks. Derivatives deˈpetalled adj. ΚΠ 1936 D. Gascoyne Man's Life is this Meat 42 The depetalled flower. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。