| 单词 | narcissus |
| 释义 | narcissus (nɑːʳsɪsəs) Word forms: plural narcissi, plural narcissus countable noun [usually plural] Narcissi are plants which have yellow or white flowers with cone-shaped centres that appear in the spring. Narcissus in British English (nɑːˈsɪsəs) noun Greek mythology a beautiful youth who fell in love with his reflection in a pool and pined away, becoming the flower that bears his name narcissus in British English (nɑːˈsɪsəs) nounWord forms: plural -cissuses or -cissi (-ˈsɪsaɪ, -ˈsɪsiː) any amaryllidaceous plant of the Eurasian genus Narcissus, esp N. poeticus, whose yellow, orange, or white flowers have a crown surrounded by spreading segments Word origin C16: via Latin from Greek nárkissos, perhaps from narkē numbness, because of narcotic properties attributed to species of the plantNarcissus in American English (nɑrˈsɪsəs) noun 1. Greek Mythology a beautiful youth who, after Echo's death, is made to pine away for love of his ownreflection in a spring and changes into the narcissus 2. Word forms: plural narˈcissus, narˈcissuses, narˈcissi (nɑrˈsɪsaɪ) [n-] any of a genus (Narcissus) of bulbous plants of the lily family with smooth, linear leaves and six-parted flowers with a cup or tube projecting from the center, including daffodils and jonquils Word origin L < Gr Narkissos; (sense 2) ModL < L < Gr narkissos, ? akin to narkē, stupor (see narcotic), in reference to the plant's narcotic propertiesExamples of 'Narcissus' in a sentence |
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