peony
FREQ #32394
n. 牡丹(花), 芍药(花)
发音
US
/ˈpiːəni/
词形变化
peonies
复数
peonies
别名
pæony
paeony
pioney
piony
释义与例句
n.
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1.
A flowering plant of the genus Paeonia with large fragrant flowers.
牡丹
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2.
A dark red colour.
词汇关系
词源
From Old English peonie, peonia et al., from Latin paeōnia; later reinforced by Anglo-Norman peonie, Old French peone, pyoine (French pivoine), from Latin paeōnia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek παιωνία (paiōnía), from Ancient Greek Παιών (Paiṓn, “Paeon, the physician of the gods”)/παιών (paiṓn, “a physician”).
来源:wiktionary