lily

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several flowers in the genus Lilium of the family Liliaceae, which includes a great many ornamental species.
    — The engagement photos were set in a leafy bower festooned with pink and white roses, anemones, lilies and delphinium, like something straight out of an enchanted garden.
  2. Any of several species of herbaceous flower which may or may not resemble the genus Lilium in some way, and which are not closely related to it or each other.
  3. The flower used as a heraldic charge; also commonly used to describe the fleur-de-lis.
  4. The end of a compass needle that should point north, traditionally often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.
    — But sailing further, it veers its lily to the west.
  5. A royal spade in auction bridge. plural-normally
  6. The thirtieth Lenormand card, representing calmness and maturity.
形容词 adj.
  1. White (as a racial epithet). derogatory,not-comparable,slang
    — "Can't you see I'm trying to save your lily ass?" "I don't want to be saved," Tess moaned as he hauled her up and into his lap with one beefy hand.

词形变化

lilies plural lilly alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
adobe lily African lily Amazon lily annunciation lily arum lily atamasco lily Atamosco lily avalanche lily Aztec lily Barbados lily bead lily belladonna lily Benguet lily Bermuda lily blackberry lily blood lily Bolander's lily Brisbane lily bullhead lily bush lily butterfly lily calla lily Canada lily candelabra lily Catesby's lily Christmas lily cobra lily cow lily Darling lily day lily daylily desert lily Easter lily Egyptian water-lily fairy lily false lily of the valley fawn lily feathery false lily of the valley fire lily flame lily fragrant water lily gild the lily ginger lily glacier lily glory lily goldband lily gold lily Guernsey lily holly-lily Humboldt's lily hurricane lily Ifafa lily impala lily Inca lily Jacobean lily Jersey lily Josephine's lily kaffir lily lemon lily Lenten lily Lent lily leopard lily lilied lilioid lily crucifix lily foot lily-frail lily-handed lily iron lilylike lily-livered lily-liveredly lily of the field lily of the Incas lily of the Nile lily-of-the-valley lily of the valley lily pad lilypond lilyturf lily-white lilywort Macquarie lily Madonna lily mariposa lily May lily moon-lily Moreton Bay lily Mount Hood lily Murray lily nodding blue lily orange lily palm lily panther lily peace lily Peruvian lily Philadelphia lily pineapple lily piss lily plantain lily pondlily pond lily prairie lily rain lily red magic lily red spider lily resurrection lily rock lily rush lily sand lily Scarborough lily scarlet lily beetle sea lily sego lily Shasta lily slime lily spear lily spider lily star lily stinking corpse lily stone-lily straw lily superb lily surprise lily swamp lily sword lily tiger-lily tiger lily tinsel lily toad lily torch lily trout lily turban lily Turk's cap lily Washington lily water-lily water lily western red lily white water lily wild lily-of-the-valley wood lily yellow pond-lily yellow pond lily zephyr lily

词源

词源 1
From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
词源 2
From Middle English lilie, from Old English lilie, from Latin līlia, plural of līlium, from Ancient Greek λείριον (leírion). See there for more.
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