fritillary
英 [fr?'t?l?r?]
美['fr?tl'?ri]
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?fritillaries;
中文詞源
fritillary 貝母，豹紋蛺蝶來自拉丁語fritillus,骰子盒，骰鐘，擬聲詞，搖骰子的聲音。貝母義據(jù)說因其花被形如骰鐘而得名，豹紋蛺蝶是因為這種蝴蝶其花紋形如骰子顏色而得名。
英文詞源
- fritillary (n.)
- popular name of a type of British butterfly, 1857, earlier a type of plant (Fritillaria Meleagris, 1633), from Latin fritillus "dice-box," from fritinnire said to be imitative of the rattle of dice. The plant so called in allusion to the shape of its perianth. The butterfly so called perhaps from resemblance of its markings to those of dice or a chessboard (perhaps on the confused notion that fritillus meant "chessboard").
雙語例句
- 1. So should New England's loss of the regal fritillary.
- 新英格蘭帝王豹紋蝶的消失也應(yīng)如此.
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