A common garden flower, grown for tall spikes crowded with small flowers in white, yellow, pink, red, or deep purple. Gardeners like it because it flowers for a long time in summer and comes in almost every colour.

A common garden flower一種常見的花園花卉, grown for被種來欣賞 tall spikes crowded with small flowers高高的花穗上擠滿了小花 in white, yellow, pink, red, or deep purple顏色有白、黃、粉紅、紅,或深紫. Gardeners園丁 like it喜歡種它 because因為 it flowers for a long time in summer它夏天開花期很長 and comes in almost every colour而且幾乎每種顏色都有.

The English name comes from a game children play with it: squeeze the sides of one flower and the two lips open and shut like a little mouth, so the flower looks like a dragon snapping. Once you have seen a child do that, the name never leaves you.

The English name英文名字 comes from a game children play with it來自小孩子跟它玩的一種遊戲: squeeze the sides of one flower捏一朵花的兩側 and the two lips open and shut like a little mouth它的兩片花瓣就會像小嘴巴一樣一開一合, so the flower looks like a dragon snapping所以這朵花看起來就像龍在咬東西. Once you have seen a child do that你一旦看過小孩這樣玩過, the name never leaves you這個名字就忘不掉了.

Count it like an ordinary noun — one snapdragon, a packet of snapdragon seeds, a bed of snapdragons. Its scientific name, Antirrhinum, is what you will see on seed packets and in garden books, so the two names sit side by side in shops.

Count it你可以把它 like an ordinary noun當一般名詞算 — one snapdragon, a packet of snapdragon seeds, a bed of snapdragons像是一株金魚草、一包金魚草的種子、一片金魚草花圃這樣. Its scientific name它的學名, Antirrhinum就是Antirrhinum, is what you will see on seed packets and in garden books是你會在種子包裝和園藝書上看到的名字, so the two names sit side by side in shops所以這兩個名字在店裡會並排出現.

Bees are heavy enough to push the mouth open and get inside, which is how the flower is pollinated — lighter insects cannot manage it.

Bees蜜蜂 are heavy enough體重夠重 to push the mouth open and get inside足以把嘴巴推開、鑽進去, which is how the flower is pollinated這就是這朵花傳粉的方式 — lighter insects cannot manage it比較輕的昆蟲做不到.

The flower means little in English idiom; it is simply a well-loved garden plant, often the first flower a child learns to play with.

The flower這朵花 means little in English idiom在英文的成語裡沒有什麼特別的意思; it is simply它就只是 a well-loved garden plant一種大家喜愛的園藝植物, often the first flower a child learns to play with常常是小孩學會玩的第一種花.