A buttercup is a small wild flower, usually a bright, shiny yellow, as if the petals had been polished. You find it in grass and fields, often in clumps, in spring and summer.

A buttercup is a small wild flowerbuttercup是一種小型野花, usually a bright, shiny yellow通常是鮮亮發光的黃色, as if the petals had been polished好像花瓣被擦亮過一樣. You find it你會在 in grass and fields草地和田野裡看到它, often in clumps常常一叢一叢的, in spring and summer在春天和夏天.

The name is butter + cup: the flower looks a little like a tiny cup, and the yellow made people think of butter.

The name is butter + cup這個名字是butter加cup: the flower looks a little like a tiny cup花看起來有點像個小杯子, and the yellow made people think of butter而黃色讓人聯想到奶油.

There is an old children's game of holding a buttercup under someone's chin to 'see if they like butter' — the yellow light on the skin.

There is an old children's game有個古老的兒童遊戲 of holding a buttercup under someone's chin是把buttercup放在別人下巴底下 to 'see if they like butter'「看他們是不是喜歡奶油」 — the yellow light on the skin——看皮膚上映出的黃光.

It is not a flower you eat, and nobody makes butter from it. Everyday English uses it as a countryside, slightly story-book plant name.

It is not a flower you eat它不是可以吃的花, and nobody makes butter from it也沒有人用它做奶油. Everyday English uses it日常英文把它當作 as a countryside, slightly story-book plant name一種鄉間、帶點童話色彩的植物名稱.

The picture in most people's heads is that glossy yellow, though paler kinds exist.

The picture in most people's heads大部分人腦海中的畫面 is that glossy yellow就是那種發亮的黃色, though paler kinds exist雖然也有顏色比較淡的品種.