英语词汇“carnation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

carnation1

/kɑːˈneɪʃ(ə)n

noun

A double-flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with grey-green leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers.

Dianthus caryophyllus, family Caryophyllaceae: many cultivars.

It was a work of art, four feet in diameter comprised of orchids, lilies of the valley, hyacinths, arum lilies and white carnations....

She also enjoyed flowers adorning the Keegan home with a variety of flowers, with white carnations being her favourite.
This arrangement takes red roses and carnations and surrounds them with blue larkspur and white mini carnations and snapdragons.

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps based on a misreading of Arabic qaranful 'clove or clove pink', from Greek karyophyllon. The early forms suggest confusion with carnation², with incarnation, and with coronation.

carnation2

/kɑːˈneɪʃ(ə)n

noun

A rosy pink colour: [as modifier]: sage and carnation throw pillows...

The skirt was ‘a loose undergarment, full gathered, of carnation, striped with silver and parted with a golden zone’.

Origin

Early 16th century: from French carnation 'colour of one's flesh', based on Latin carn- 'flesh'.

单词	carnation
释义	carnation1 /kɑːˈneɪʃ(ə)n / noun A double-flowered cultivated variety of clove pink, with grey-green leaves and showy pink, white, or red flowers. Dianthus caryophyllus, family Caryophyllaceae: many cultivars. It was a work of art, four feet in diameter comprised of orchids, lilies of the valley, hyacinths, arum lilies and white carnations.... She also enjoyed flowers adorning the Keegan home with a variety of flowers, with white carnations being her favourite. This arrangement takes red roses and carnations and surrounds them with blue larkspur and white mini carnations and snapdragons. Origin Late 16th century: perhaps based on a misreading of Arabic qaranful 'clove or clove pink', from Greek karyophyllon. The early forms suggest confusion with carnation², with incarnation, and with coronation. carnation2 /kɑːˈneɪʃ(ə)n / noun A rosy pink colour: [as modifier]: sage and carnation throw pillows... The skirt was ‘a loose undergarment, full gathered, of carnation, striped with silver and parted with a golden zone’. Origin Early 16th century: from French carnation 'colour of one's flesh', based on Latin carn- 'flesh'.
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