2008年5月28日 星期三
Artichoke (續:食用 園藝 單字大集合)
artichoke
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n. (名詞 noun)
1. 【植】朝鮮薊 (形似百合果的綠果),洋薊
2. 菊芋
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–noun
1. a tall, thistlelike [this-uhl] composite plant, Cynara scolymus, native to the Mediterranean region, of which the numerous scalelike bracts (苞片) and receptacle (花托) of the immature flower head are eaten as a vegetable.
2. the large, rounded, closed flower head itself.
3. Jerusalem artichoke.
。桂冠詩人
。花朵
。葉綠素
Hemlock
。樹木
。蕨類
Fecund
。食用
legume
mace
nutmeg
algae
alga
fungi
fungus
Put a Weeble in it, and [fungal] proteins breed at an accelerated rate.
artichoke
parsley
to garnish boiled potatoes with chopped parsley. 歐芹、荷蘭芹
nard
Those guys are totally nards. They never get anywhere. 甘松
licorice
One licorice strip.【植】歐亞甘草 (由甘草根熬成的)甘草精
Ssst! Like some licorice? No, thank you. You're welcome.
"He smelled like licorice and old books, she thought to herself, as tears rolled from her eyes, the color of muddy puddles."
cauliflower
She's got cauliflower [ear], a terrible squint. 花椰菜
broccoli
Broccoli or beans? I know, I know, but you gotta eat something green. 球花甘藍
Get out of here, you broccoli [head].
sloe
Chloe Sevigny has captivated with a unique mix of steely toughness, sloe-[eyed] beauty and heartbreaking vulnerability. 黑刺李
marigold
One standout in the cast is Vijay Raaz, who plays the [buffoonish], but, as it turns out, shyly romantic, marigold-[munching] Dubei. 萬壽菊、金盞花
but the real heart-tugging moment, the moment audiences will love, is when P.K. Dube falls [to] his knees before a heart made of [marigolds], in a hopeless gesture of adoration before Alice.
okra
gumbo
soil that becomes sticky and nonporous when wet. 秋葵
the album is a [gumbo] that adds juicy dub [thwacks], regal synthetic horns, tangled piano [vamps], [dashes] of spiritual jazz, and rolling Afro-beat, almost all of which is [cloaked] in light reverb.
courgette
I'll have a plate of courgettes. Again, just butter. 密生西葫蘆
apricot
No. I myself have an apricot one on my hip. 杏仁
coleus
What a lovely color. That's a coleus. 薄荷科植物
dracaena
The one on the other side is a dracaena. Grows into sort of a tree. 千年蕉
collard
Well, I thank you. The collards we had last week were delicious. 羽衣甘藍
cob
You know what I'm thinking of right now? [Corn] on the cob. With lots of salt, lots of butter. Just talking about diets makes me hungry. 玉米穗軸
liquorice
He tried to kill his self. With what? Black liquorice. (製藥或糖果用的) 甘草根,甘草根浸出液
citronella
Would you like a citronells, madame? No, thank you, Protée. 香茅,香茅油
walnut
Where were you at 3:30 on December 9? I was with my wife. I remember because I was helping her shell walnuts for a cake she was making. 胡桃,胡桃樹
Paul Le Mat also ended up being rushed to hospital after [suffering an] allergic reaction to the walnuts in the Waldorf salad he had at dinner.
basil
Here we are, Arthur. Lovely soup. Tomato and basil. The perfect soup. 羅勒
gherkin
Peter! My Mum wants to know if they have gherkins at your shop. (醃漬用) 小黃瓜
The cheese. And the gherkins.
canola
Look, they use canola oil, okay? You know what canola oil is? You probably don't. 一種菜籽油
zucchini
Let's say that you wanna slice down zucchini squash with the electric food dehydrator. 美洲南瓜
turmeric
Tastes like lime and turmeric. It's got, like, turmeric in it. 薑黃
xylocarp
I know what you're thinking. "Home-schooled kids are freaks." X-Y-L-O-C-A-R-P. Xylocarp. 硬木質果
fennel
And there's some fennel for you and columbine. (似) 鴿的
You have not used the fennel nor red cabbage.
goober
You're basically making out with it. You got your goober all over it. 花生
boysenberry
Somebody stuck their fingers in Mrs. Kimmel's pie. What kind of pie, Jamie? Boysenberry!【美】雜交草莓的一種 (半匍匐性)
endive
They're just burp cloths. Great, we always need more pukers. Hey Mom, I think Beth needs help with the endive thing. 萵苣菜,菊苣
。園藝
horticulture
hoe
loam
cloddish
had not Matty been infinitely craftier than the [cloddish] Ned.
clod
Okay, we're gonna have a war! And we are gonna completely clobber each other! Clobber each other? Yeah, with huge dirt clods.
Well, he's a clod. He's not a gentleman. Listen to who's talking.
mound
It is an ancient [burial]-mound.
The body is now a glistening [mound] of bruised and damaged goods,
crockery
ceramic
They're dropping ceramic, the temperature lower and lower.
The film is the first studio production to adopt green filmmaking initiatives aimed to reduce CO2 [emission]. Garbage was reduced by half, thanks to the various bins for recyclable material. [Caterers] used ceramic and washed dishes as opposed to [throwaway] products. Vehicles on the set used [bio]diesel fuel.
wedgwood
Oh! Wedgwood. If we could only find the pieces. What would you do with it? I'd steal it. I love wedgwood. 英國偉吉伍德陶器
agrarian
the endlessly hilarious observations about literary criticism and agrarian [socialism] mask the characters' charming, quaint ignorance of matters of the heart.
agronomist
A distinguished victorian scientist, agronomist, free thinker
grange
What nice houses you have. I like this one, too. Oniton grange.
fecund
fecund [parents] [farmland]
At least as far as the movies go, the fecund late '60s are a gift that keeps on giving.
Lee took the role of Lord Summerisle, the island's suave phony [magus]—[auguring] his Saruman in The Lord of the Rings—who exploits the villagers with his theories on [part]henogenesis and [agrarian] fecundity.
plow
She starts opening up, as [do] her personality and the story, after she approaches John Burroughs (William Mapother), a musician whose life she nearly [ended] and all but ruined when she plowed her [car] into his, killing his wife and young son. Living a life of near total isolation, John invites her into his home without knowing that she was the under-age offender.
stubble
It's in our charter. For wherever there is trouble, when a bully bursts your bubble, when a cat's been shaved to stubble. (作物收割後餘留的) 殘株
knoll
Now, the Second Suitor sounds like a figure of mystery. Like I belong on the grassy knoll. 圓丘,小丘
geodesic
They're interplanetary greenhouses, pointed always toward the sun. Inside their acres and acres of forests, protected by geodesic domes that gather the sunlight, the surviving plants and small animals of Earth grow. 大地測量學的
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