英语词汇“lilies of the Nile”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

lilies of the Nile

释义

lily /lilˈi/

noun

Any plant or flower of the genus Lilˈium, typical genus of Liliāˈceae, a family of monocotyledons differing from rushes chiefly in the large conspicuous flowers
Extended to other plants of the same family, of the related family Amaryllidaceae, or unrelated
The fleur-de-lis
A person or thing of great purity or whiteness (figurative)

adjective

ORIGIN: OE lilie, from L līlium, from Gr leirion lily

liliāˈceous adjective

lilˈied adjective

lilˈy-livˈered adjective

lily of the Nile noun

Richardia or Zantedeschia

lily of the valley noun

Convallaria, with two long oval leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers

lily pad noun

A leaf of a water lily

lilˈy-trotter noun another name for the jaçana

lilˈy-white adjective

gild or paint the lily

To attempt to beautify that which is already beautiful

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