buttercup

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʌt.ə.kʌp/    美 /ˈbʌt.ɚ.kʌp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
  2. Any flower of the genus Narcissus; a daffodil.
  3. Ellipsis of buttercup squash. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  4. An affectionate or ironic term of address.
    — When she touched my hand, what a chill I got Her lips are like a volcano that's hot I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup. I'm in love - I'm all shook up.

词形变化

buttercups plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Bermuda buttercup bulbous buttercup buttercup anemone buttercuplike buttercupped buttercup squash buttercup tree California buttercup creeping buttercup glacier buttercup goldilocks buttercup Greenland buttercup wood buttercup

词源

From butter + cup. Both sense 1 and 2 are from the flowers' association with butter, from their yellow colour. Compare butterflower for a similar derivation; outside of English, compare Dutch boterbloem, German Butterblume.
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