petal英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
The labia (majora). euphemistic,familiar

— Dawn held her breath, fearing he'd notice the slight protrusion where her babe rested beneath her heart, but he barely paused as his mouth found the tiny jewel hidden within the dewy petals of her sex.
Term of endearment.

— She is freezing cold. Sputtering. Big eyes wide and wet and red. Too shocked even to cry. 'It's okay, petal, it's okay.'
A lobe of a rose (geometric shape).

动词 v.

To spread out from, like the petals of a flower ambitransitive

— anger against the men who had burdened her body with a lead shield of detestation for its blood, let loose without her will and its need against which she clenched her knees to her growing breasts, trying to clasp deep away from her hand that new soft wedge of hair, those lips that petaled out to her dreams.

词形变化

petals plural petals present,singular,third-person petaling US,participle,present petalling UK,participle,present petaled US,participle,past petaled US,past petalled UK,participle,past petalled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词

andropetal anisopetalous antepetalous apetalous apetaly basipetal bipetal bipetalous bracteopetal catapetalous choripetalous depetal dipetalous dispetal empetalled fanpetal flower petal gamopetalous hexapetalous macropetalous monopetalous multipetalled octopetalous oligopetalous oppositipetalous parapetalous pentapetalous peripetalous petaliferous petaliform petaline petalled petalless petallike petaloid petalomania petalous petalsome petaltail petalwise planipetalous polypetal polypetalous quadripetal rose petal stenopetalous tetrapetalous tripetaloid tripetalous unpetal unpetalled

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pétalos
Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon)lbor.
English petal
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *pet-der.
Proto-Hellenic *pétalos
Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon)lbor.
English petal
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πέταλον (pétalon), from πέταλος (pétalos, “broad, flat”), from Proto-Hellenic *pétalos, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out”), whence Latin pandō and Proto-Germanic *faþmaz (“embrace”) (English fathom).