单词 | perennial |
释义 | perennial —perenniality, n. —perennially, adv. /peuh ren"ee euhl/, adj. 1. lasting for an indefinitely long time; enduring: her perennial beauty. 2. (of plants) having a life cycle lasting more than two years. 3. lasting or continuing throughout the entire year, as a stream. 4. perpetual; everlasting; continuing; recurrent. n. 5. a perennial plant: Daffodils and tulips are perennials. 6. something that is continuing or recurrent. [1635-45; < L perenni(s) lasting the whole year through (per- PER- + -enn-, comb. form of annus year + -is adj. suffix) + -AL1] Syn. 1. perdurable; constant, incessant, continual. 4. imperishable, undying, eternal, immortal. |
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