nymphaea

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /nɪmˈfiːə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. the European white water lily.
    — Guianerius, cap. 8, tract. 15, would have them used twice a day, and when they come forth of the baths, their backbones to be anointed with oil of almonds, violets, nymphæa, fresh capon-grease, etc.
  2. plural of nymphaeum form-of,plural
  3. Any species of the genus Nymphaea.

词形变化

nymphaeas plural

词源

词源 1
From Latin nymphaea, from Ancient Greek νυμφαῖα (numphaîa), feminine singular form of νυμφαῖος (numphaîos, “sacred to the nymphs”), from νύμφη (númphē, “nymph”).
Sense 2 is a semantic loan from translingual Nymphaea, from the same Latin and Greek.
词源 2
Inflected forms.
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