| 单词 | floral |
| 释义 | floral (once / 3161 pages) 1adj 2adj Something floral has something to do with flowers. A floral perfume smells like roses or lilacs or violets. You can call a flower show a floral event, and a big bouquet of flowers is a floral arrangement. Something that's printed with pictures of flowers is floral too, like your grandmother's floral curtains or a little girl's floral pajamas. The word floral meant "pertaining to Flora" in the mid-17th century — the Latin Flora is the Roman goddess of flowers, from flos, or "flower." WORD FAMILYfloral: florally+/flora: florae, floral, floras, multiflora USAGE EXAMPLESFloral patterns abound, on stunning floor-length gowns and crisp suit jackets. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) The bottle’s purple label with floral images was designed to attract female shoppers’ attention in a wine aisle dominated by dull colors. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The vessel's sails will feature floral portraits of organ donors. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj relating to or associated with flowers floral organs 2adj resembling or made of or suggestive of flowers 2an unusual floral design Syn flowered patterned having patterns (especially colorful patterns) adj of or relating to the plant life in a particular region characteristic alpine floral elements |
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