
好词典

源自法语 dent-de-lion(意为“狮子的牙齿”),指其锯齿状叶子形状。14世纪进入英语。
❶ 蒲公英,一种常见的野生植物,叶子呈锯齿状,开黄色小花,成熟后形成白色绒球状种子,可随风飘散。
“The children blew on the dandelion to scatter its seeds.”
(孩子们对着蒲公英吹气,让它的种子四处飘散。)
“A field full of dandelions looks like a golden carpet in spring.”
(春天时,长满蒲公英的田野就像金色的地毯。)
dandelion clock — 指蒲公英成熟的绒球状种子头,儿童常通过吹它来计时或许愿。
“How many puffs will it take to blow all the seeds off this dandelion clock?”
(要吹几下才能把这个蒲公英钟上的种子全部吹走?)