lotus
英 ['ləʊtəs]
美['lotəs]
- n. 莲花（汽车品牌）
词态变化
复数: lotuses;
中文词源
lotus 莲花，忘忧果
来自拉丁语lotus,无明确词义，代指传说中的多种奇花异果，后词义固定为莲花。忘忧果义来自短语lotus-eaters,最早见于荷马史诗《奥德赛》，类似于中国红枣，吃了能使人忘记过去和忧愁。
英文词源
- lotus (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin lotus, from Greek lotos, name used for several plants before it came to mean Egyptian white lotus (a sense attested in English from 1580s); perhaps from a Semitic source (compare Hebrew lot "myrrh"). The yogic sense is attested from 1848. Lotus-eaters (1812) are from Greek lotophagoi, mentioned in "Odyssey," book IX.
双语例句
- 1. Lotus grows in Africa and Asia.
- 荷花产于非洲和亚洲.
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- 2. After the rain the lotus flowers looked fuller.
- 雨后荷花显得更加润泽了.
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- 3. The lotus leaves are unfolding.
- 荷叶舒展着.
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- 4. Integrates with Lotus and MS Exchange servers.
- 集成了Lotus和MSExchange服务器.
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- 5. For all its beauty the lotus needs its green leaves to set it off.
- 荷花虽好,也要绿叶扶持.
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