palmy

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɑːmi/    美 /ˈpɑːmi/|/ˈpɑːl.mi/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, related to, or abounding in palm trees.
    — From Greenland’s icy mountains, From India’s coral strand, Where Afric’s sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error’s chain.
  2. Prosperous, flourishing, booming or thriving. figuratively
    — Elliston was, in his day, the Napoleon of Drury Lane; but, like the conqueror at Austerlitz, he suffered his declensions, and the Surrey became to him a Saint Helena. However, once an eagle always an eagle; and Robert William was no less aquiline in the day of adversity than in his palmy time of patent prosperity.
  3. Made out of palm leaves or palm sap. obsolete

词形变化

palmier comparative palmiest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
palminess

词源

Etymology tree
English palm
English -y
English palmy
From palm + -y.
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