單詞
perennial
英 [p?'ren??l]
美[p?'r?n??l]
基本信息
- adj. 多年生的；常年的；四季不斷的；常在的；反復(fù)的
- n. 多年生植物
IELTSGRETOEFL中低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?perennials;副詞:?perennially;
中文詞源
perennial 多年的，長(zhǎng)久的
per-,整個(gè)的，-enn,年，詞源同annual.原義為終年的，終年不凋的，后引申詞義多年的，長(zhǎng)久的。
英文詞源
- perennial (adj.)
- 1640s, "evergreen," formed in English from Latin perennis "lasting through the year (or years)," from per- "through" (see per) + annus "year" (see annual). Botanical sense of "Remaining alive through a number of years" is attested from 1670s; figurative meaning of "enduring, permanent" is from 1750. Related: Perennially. For vowel change, see biennial. The noun meaning "a perennial plant" is from 1763.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. A perennial is a plant that lives indefinitely.
- 多年生植物是指能存活很多年的植物。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. the perennial problem of water shortage
- 缺水這個(gè)老問(wèn)題
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. I wonder at her perennial youthfulness.
- 我對(duì)她青春常駐感到驚訝.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.
- 有理科教學(xué)資格的老師一直都很短缺。
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. The novel's central theme is the perennial conflict between men and women.
- 小說(shuō)的主題是男人和女人之間永無(wú)休止的沖突。
來(lái)自辭典例句
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