snowdrop

n. 雪花莲, (美)(非正式)宪兵

发音

UK /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/
US /ˈsnoʊ.dɹɑp/
AU

词形变化

snowdrops 复数 snowdrops snowdropped snowdropping snowdrops 三单 snowdropping 现在分词 snowdropped 过去式 snowdropped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.

    雪花莲

    A flower that first in this sweet garden smiled, / To virgins sacred, and the Snow-drop styled.

    White Ladies did not mean snowdrops, by their pretty old English name, ghosts in white cere-clothes, or belles in white tarlatan.

  2. 2.

    Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).

v.
  1. 1.

    To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

    澳大利亚 及物/不及物 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

wood anemone

上位词 2

anemone windflower

相关短语

snowdrop windflower [网络] 雪花风花 snowdrop windflowers

词源

From snow + drop.

来源：wiktionary