喜樂美語
  1. 1罌粟花（台灣常把鮮紅色的那種叫「虞美人」；別只想到毒品）

    A poppy is a garden and field flower. The one people picture is usually a thin, bright red bloom with a dark middle, and a seed-head full of tiny black seeds. Some poppies are orange, pink, or white. Some are grown for those seeds, and a few kinds — in some countries, under tight rules — for the juice that makes the drug . The plant itself is not rare: it grows at the edge of wheat fields, and painters love the red ones. Though actually, in Britain and some other places, a paper or cloth poppy is also what people pin to a coat in November to remember soldiers who died in war. That is the same flower used as a sign, not a different word. The seeds on bread and cake come from this plant too; they are food, not a drug, which surprises some students.

組成From Old English popiġ, going back — perhaps — to Latin papaver. Scholars think that Latin word may come from a very old word for a bonfire. Doublet of papaver.

同家族的字

  • papaverdoublet: both go back to Latin papaver
  • poppyseedthe seeds of this plant

原始詞典資料13 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Poppyname詞源 1

  • 1

    A female given name from English, a flower name used since the end of the 19th century.

    • "It is a very pretty name, Mma. I should like to be called Poppy." The compliment drew a smile. "I used to be very embarrassed about it," said Poppy. "I used to try to hide my name from people. I thought it was a very silly name." Mma Ramotswe shook her head. There was nothing embarrassing about the name Poppy, but there was no telling what names people would find embarrassing.

Poppyname詞源 2

  • 1

    informalFormer U.S. president George H. W. Bush

poppynoun詞源 1/ˈpɒpi/

  • 1

    Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.

    • In Flanders fields the poppies blow / Between the crosses, row on row, / That mark our place; […] / If ye break faith with us who die / We shall not sleep, though poppies grow / In Flanders fields.
    • We cherish, too, the poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led; / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies, / […] / And now the torch and poppy red / We wear in honor of our dead. / Fear not that ye have died for naught; / We've learned the lesson that ye taught / In Flanders fields.
  • 2

    A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.

  • 3

    A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.

    • Troops from the garrison town formed a guard of honour for both sets of players, who emerged for the national anthem with poppies proudly stitched into their tracksuit jackets.

poppyadj詞源 1/ˈpɒpi/

  • 1

    Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).

poppyadj詞源 2/ˈpɒpi/

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    informalHaving a popping or bursting sound.

  • 2

    informalOf a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.

  • 3

    informalOf eyes: protruding, sticking out.

poppyadj詞源 3/ˈpɒpi/

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    datedinformalPopular.

  • 2

    informalentertainmentlifestylemusicTypical of, or in the style of, pop music.

    • I thought Sparks were great; they were very poppy for Island Records. They were considered an oddity but you have to remember that at the time Roxy Music, now everyone's seminal band, were seen as very poppy.

poppynoun詞源 4/ˈpɒpi/

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    informalOne's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.

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