geranium: [16] The native English name for the ‘geranium’, cranesbill, shows that the same thought occurred independently to the speakers of two independent languages many miles and centuries apart. For the plant’s seed case is long and pointed, very much like the beak of a crane; and geranium comes via Latin from Greek geránion, literally ‘little crane’, a diminutive form of géranos ‘crane’ (which is related to English crane). => crane
geranium (n.)
1540s, from Latin geranium, from Greek geranion, the plant name, diminutive of geranos "crane" (cognate with Latin grus; see crane (n.)). So called from shape resemblance of seed pods to cranes' bills; the native name in English also was cranebill. As a color name from 1842.
实用例句
1. The lemon geranium sloughs dry brown leaves at the base of its branches.
柠檬天竺葵枝条底部棕色的枯叶会脱落。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Some favoured dahlia, others preferred the bright geranium.
一些人偏爱天竺牡丹; 另一些人则比较喜欢鲜艳的天竺葵.
来自辞典例句
3. Geranium , Carrot Seeed, Jasmine , Evening Primrose, Grapeseed and so on.
天竺葵 、 葫萝卜籽、葡萄籽 、 茉莉、月见草等.
来自互联网
4. Stick a geranium in your hat and be happy!
插一支天竺葵在帽檐,快乐吧!
来自互联网
5. The geranium is a garden plant with red, pink or white flowers.
