香水百合:lily怎麼用
Don't gild the lily.
——William Shakespeare
不要給百合花鍍金(畫蛇添足)。
——威廉·莎士比亞
一、關於lily,你應該知道的用法有
adj.
潔白的;純潔的 resembling a lily in fairness, purity, or fragility
The sylphid shrugged her lily shoulders with a look of scorn.
小仙女聳聳雪白的肩膀,露出輕蔑的神情。
n.
1.【植】百合;類似百合的植物 a large white or brightly coloured flower with petals that curl back from the centre. There are many types of lily.
She was fair and pure as a lily that had bloomed in Paradise.
她如同天堂中開放的百合一樣嬌好純真。
2.純潔的人;潔白之物 pure people, white stuff
二、你知道lily和哪些詞更搭嗎?
gild the lily
畫蛇添足,多此一舉
paint the lily
畫蛇添足,多此一舉
water lily
n.[植]荷花,睡蓮
belladonna lily
孤蓮花
day lily
n.[植]萱草屬植物
lily family
百合科
三、接下來,做個填詞遊戲吧
Across the Natiao mountain, when you care about over the grass, then beam the wild ____ white?
跨過那條山間的時候,你是否在意過草叢中,那束潔白的野百合?
lily of the valley
n.[植] 鈴蘭
pond lily
n.[植]睡蓮
sea lily
n.[動]海百合
annunciation lily
n. [植]白色百合花
avalanche lily
山赤蓮
easter lily
n.復活節百合花