单词 | four-o'clock |
释义 | four-o'clock[ fawr-uh-klok, fohr- ] / ˈfɔr əˌklɒk, ˈfoʊr- / nouna common garden plant, Mirabilis jalapa, of the four-o'clock family, having tubular red, white, yellow, or variegated flowers that open late in the afternoon. any plant of the same genus. Origin of four-o'clockFirst recorded in 1750–60 Words nearby four-o'clockfour-letter words, four-masted, Four Modernizations, Fournier, Four Noble Truths, four-o'clock, four-o'clock family, four of a kind, four old cat, four-on-the-floor, four-part Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for four-o'clockfour-o'clock nounAlso called: marvel-of-Peru a tropical American nyctaginaceous plant, Mirabilis jalapa, cultivated for its tubular yellow, red, or white flowers that open in late afternoon Australian another name for friarbird, esp the noisy friarbird (Philemon corniculatus): so called because of its cry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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