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单词 daisy
释义 daisy
n. (pl. -ies)
  1. a a small composite plant, Bellis perennis, bearing flowers each with a yellow disc and white rays. b any other plant with daisy-like flowers, esp. the larger ox-eye daisy, the Michaelmas daisy, or the Shasta daisy.
  2. sl. a first-rate specimen of anything.
Phrases and idioms
daisy-chain a string of daisies threaded together. daisy-cutter Cricket a ball bowled so as to roll along the ground. daisy wheel Computing a disc of spokes extending radially from a central hub, each terminating in a printing character, used as a printer in word processors and typewriters. pushing up the daisies sl. dead and buried.
Etymology: OE d{aelig}ges eage day's eye, the flower opening in the morning
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