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单词 poppy
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poppy1

noun ˈpɒpiˈpɑpi
  • A herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules. Many poppies contain alkaloids and are a source of drugs such as morphine and codeine.

    Papaver and other genera, family Papaveraceae (the poppy family): many species, including the wild red-flowered corn poppy (P. rhoeas). The poppy family also includes the corydalis, greater celandine, and bloodroot

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus poppies, hemp, some cacti, and some fungi share with vines a symbolic connection with the superhuman powers.
    • It may be a place of vines, but also of olives, poppies and lavender.
    • To use poppies in arrangements, cut the poppy stem and sear it with a match right away to seal the end.
    • And it is a pale grey, with just a big bunch of poppies and oats and I think they're cornflowers.
    • The resultant plants were no smaller in height than the perennial poppies I already had but they produced enormous flowers in a range of shades.
    • The air is pungent with the smell of the rain-soaked marigolds and yellow poppies.
    • It includes a painting of a bowling match taking place beside a flower bed out of which poppies are flowering.
    • This will be in the New England style of white flowers rather than red poppies.
    • If heroin poppies had been planted, it might have been different.
    • Down one side of the lawn, we've got a good mass of herbs, clematis, sunflower seedlings and wild poppies.
    • We tried cheerful annuals, marigolds, nasturtiums and poppies.
    • Most poppies are very easy to grow, especially annuals such as the California or the Shirley.
    • Tomas's father lives in the countryside, amongst fields of golden wheat, rape seed and red poppies.
    • Around the ponds and burn there are paths and various plants, such as Himalayan poppies and rhododendrons.
    • We walked ashore among delicate Svalbard poppies and purple-flowering saxifrage.
    • Once the poppies have flowered, the seed heads are harvested and converted into morphine base in local laboratories.
    • And of all the flowers I sowed this spring only a handfuls of poppies and marigolds have come up.
    • It's about delphiniums, not about poppies, and seems to be suffering from the same irritating slipperiness.
    • There will be colourful flowers, such as poppies to look at and smell, prickly plants and vegetables to eat.
    • Plants like peonies, poppies, and irises should also be planted in the fall season.

Derivatives

  • poppied

  • adjective ˈpɒpɪdˈpɑpid
    • Once over the mountains, we headed south, down the poppied fields of the golden and notorious Bekaa Valley.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The heavily poppied hills lie further north by the Wa headquarters at Panghsang, along the border with China's Yunnan province.

Origin

Old English popig, papæg, from a medieval Latin alteration of Latin papaver.

Rhymes

choppy, copy, floppy, jalopy, moppy, sloppy, soppy, stroppy

poppy2

adjectivepoppier, poppiest ˈpɒpiˈpɑpi
  • (of popular music) tuneful and immediately appealing.

    catchy, poppy tunes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They only did four songs, but Nicole and Jason were poppy and lively and such good sports for doing their set right in front of us.
    • While the disc has plenty of poppy moments and more than its fair share of slamming beats, its sheer variety may perplex some older fans.
    • It's good fun for fans, and particularly for anyone who saw it live, but it's far too poppy and gimmicky to really fit into this remix CD.
    • He pushed a button on a small remote in his hand, and some annoying poppy music started playing.
    • There's a noisy, faux-metal beginning that moves into a poppy development phase.
    • Most of the time the harsh subject matter is matched with light, poppy accompaniment.
    • During convalescence he reviewed his catalogue of poppy hits and decided to adopt a more serious introspective style.
    • These dozen folk-punk songs swing with an infectious rhythm and rollicking, poppy beat.
    • All in all, they seem energetic and ready to start fresh with new poppy sounds and Jordy's high pitched vocals.
    • In this year's sub-category of blond, male and female duos doing poppy songs, this one is going head-to-head with the UK.
    • There were a couple of catchy numbers, a bit of rockiness and a lot of more relaxed poppy numbers and they are indeed a band of quality musicians.
    • Where else can we share in our love of banal but poppy tunes that never really lived up to similar banal but poppy Wham!
    • It's your standard fare of poppy dance music with a vocalist whose R&B stylings come through her voice.
    • Though the boys may be young, and the music quite poppy, last night's show was all about rock.
    • The shift from more poppy material was entirely intentional.
    • The guitars are even crunchier now and dominate the album, while the playful and poppy synth is ditched completely.
    • The melodies tend to be very poppy, so often the message gets hidden.
    • He plays poppy folk-rock that's heavy on the ballads, and Retriever is no different.
    Synonyms
    melodious, melodic, musical, mellifluous, sweet-sounding, pleasant-sounding, dulcet, euphonious, harmonious, lyrical, lilting
 
 

poppy1

nounˈpɑpiˈpäpē
  • A herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules. Many poppies contain alkaloids and are a source of drugs such as morphine and codeine.

    Papaver, Eschscholzia, and other genera, family Papaveraceae (the poppy family): many species, including the yellow-flowered arctic poppy (P. radicatum) of the Rocky Mountains. The poppy family also includes the corydalis, greater celandine, and bloodroot

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The resultant plants were no smaller in height than the perennial poppies I already had but they produced enormous flowers in a range of shades.
    • And it is a pale grey, with just a big bunch of poppies and oats and I think they're cornflowers.
    • Plants like peonies, poppies, and irises should also be planted in the fall season.
    • Around the ponds and burn there are paths and various plants, such as Himalayan poppies and rhododendrons.
    • It includes a painting of a bowling match taking place beside a flower bed out of which poppies are flowering.
    • It's about delphiniums, not about poppies, and seems to be suffering from the same irritating slipperiness.
    • Tomas's father lives in the countryside, amongst fields of golden wheat, rape seed and red poppies.
    • And of all the flowers I sowed this spring only a handfuls of poppies and marigolds have come up.
    • Most poppies are very easy to grow, especially annuals such as the California or the Shirley.
    • This will be in the New England style of white flowers rather than red poppies.
    • We tried cheerful annuals, marigolds, nasturtiums and poppies.
    • The air is pungent with the smell of the rain-soaked marigolds and yellow poppies.
    • To use poppies in arrangements, cut the poppy stem and sear it with a match right away to seal the end.
    • We walked ashore among delicate Svalbard poppies and purple-flowering saxifrage.
    • Down one side of the lawn, we've got a good mass of herbs, clematis, sunflower seedlings and wild poppies.
    • If heroin poppies had been planted, it might have been different.
    • Thus poppies, hemp, some cacti, and some fungi share with vines a symbolic connection with the superhuman powers.
    • Once the poppies have flowered, the seed heads are harvested and converted into morphine base in local laboratories.
    • There will be colourful flowers, such as poppies to look at and smell, prickly plants and vegetables to eat.
    • It may be a place of vines, but also of olives, poppies and lavender.

Origin

Old English popig, papæg, from a medieval Latin alteration of Latin papaver.

poppy2

adjectiveˈpɑpiˈpäpē
  • (of popular music) tuneful and immediately appealing.

    catchy, poppy tunes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These dozen folk-punk songs swing with an infectious rhythm and rollicking, poppy beat.
    • They only did four songs, but Nicole and Jason were poppy and lively and such good sports for doing their set right in front of us.
    • The guitars are even crunchier now and dominate the album, while the playful and poppy synth is ditched completely.
    • In this year's sub-category of blond, male and female duos doing poppy songs, this one is going head-to-head with the UK.
    • It's your standard fare of poppy dance music with a vocalist whose R&B stylings come through her voice.
    • He pushed a button on a small remote in his hand, and some annoying poppy music started playing.
    • While the disc has plenty of poppy moments and more than its fair share of slamming beats, its sheer variety may perplex some older fans.
    • There's a noisy, faux-metal beginning that moves into a poppy development phase.
    • Most of the time the harsh subject matter is matched with light, poppy accompaniment.
    • Though the boys may be young, and the music quite poppy, last night's show was all about rock.
    • He plays poppy folk-rock that's heavy on the ballads, and Retriever is no different.
    • There were a couple of catchy numbers, a bit of rockiness and a lot of more relaxed poppy numbers and they are indeed a band of quality musicians.
    • It's good fun for fans, and particularly for anyone who saw it live, but it's far too poppy and gimmicky to really fit into this remix CD.
    • All in all, they seem energetic and ready to start fresh with new poppy sounds and Jordy's high pitched vocals.
    • The melodies tend to be very poppy, so often the message gets hidden.
    • During convalescence he reviewed his catalogue of poppy hits and decided to adopt a more serious introspective style.
    • The shift from more poppy material was entirely intentional.
    • Where else can we share in our love of banal but poppy tunes that never really lived up to similar banal but poppy Wham!
    Synonyms
    melodious, melodic, musical, mellifluous, sweet-sounding, pleasant-sounding, dulcet, euphonious, harmonious, lyrical, lilting
 
 
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