columbine

英 ['kɒləmbaɪn] 美 ['kɑləmbaɪn]
  • adj. 鸽的;似鸽的;鸽色的
  • n. 耧斗菜

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.

双语例句


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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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