petunia

FREQ #32483

n. [植]矮牵牛花

发音

UK /pəˈtʲuːni.ə/
UK /pəˈtʲuːnjə/
其它 /pəˈtʲuːnjə/
AU /pəˈtʃuːnjə/
US /pəˈtuːniə/
US /pəˈtuːnjə/

词形变化

petunias 复数 petunias

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.

  2. 2.

    A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

  3. 3.

    A homosexual.

    俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

flower

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *pe Proto-Tupi-Guarani *tɨm Proto-Tupi-Guarani *pe-tɨm Old Tupi petymabor. French pétun Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. taxonomic name -ia taxonomic name Petunialbor. English petunia Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Petunia, from (now obsolete) French pétun (“tobacco”), from Old Tupi petyma (“tobacco”).

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