nenuphar

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
    — We'll try the «lunar waltz» while floats afar / Upon the liquid night — night's nenuphar.

词形变化

nenuphars plural

词源

From Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”), from नील (nīla, “blue”) + उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”). Compare French nénufar.
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