| 单词 | lily-pad |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslily-pad lily-pad n. originally U.S. the broad flat leaf of a water-lily as it lies on the water. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies > part of lily crop1390 Pythagorean bean1483 Egyptian bean1551 lily-pad1843 1843 Knickerbocker 22 1 Huge moccasin darting away beneath the dense reeds and lily-pads of the swamp. 1868 J. R. Lowell Under Willows in Poet. Wks. (1879) 373/2 A pike lurks balanced 'neath the lily-pads. 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks v. 65 A deer, feeding among the lily-pads. 1888 Nation (N.Y.) 19 July 57/2 The trout breaking at the edge of the lily-pads. 1946 K. Tennant Lost Haven (1947) prol. 2 Shallow blue water from which the great white paper-barks tower shadowing the lily-pads. 1958 G. Durrell Encounters with Animals i. 38 I had watched her standing on the lily-pads. < as lemmas |
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