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columbine

英 ['kɒləmbaɪn] 美 ['kɑləmbaɪn]

解释

adj. 鸽的；似鸽的；鸽色的
n. 耧斗菜

※ 提供单词"columbine"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

columbine 耧斗菜，意大利传统戏剧女主角

来自拉丁词columba, 鸽子，因花瓣朝下，形如5只鸽子而得名。同时为意大利传统喜剧女主角，字面义即小鸽子。词源同Columbus，哥伦布。

英文词源

columbine (n.): c. 1300, from Old French columbine "columbine," or directly from Medieval Latin columbina, from Late Latin columbina "verbena," fem. of Latin columbinus, literally "dove-like," from columba "dove." The inverted flower supposedly resembles a cluster of five doves. Also a fem. proper name; in Italian comedy, the name of the mistress of Harlequin.

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例句和用法

1. This was after the Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.: 写文章的时间就处在卡罗拉多高校枪击案之后.

2. Moore won an Academy Award for 2002's anti - gun documentary " Bowling for Columbine. ": 2002年,摩尔曾凭借反对枪支泛滥的纪录片——《科伦拜恩的保龄》获得当年的奥斯科最佳纪录长片奖.

3. At last we know why the Columbine killers did it.: 至少,我们知道了为什么那两个克伦坂中学的学生会杀了那么多的同学.

4. This was after the ( column by ) Columbine high school shootings in Calorado.: 此次事件是发生在卡罗拉多州哥伦比亚高中枪击事件之后.

5. Pierrot, Harlequin, and Columbine will go to bed late this evening.: 小丑, 丑角和哥伦拜恩会今天晚上睡觉晚.