iris

Word family verbirisatenounirisationirisadjectiveirised

Related topics: Plants, Gardening, Biology, Human

i·ris /ˈaɪərɪs $ ˈaɪrɪs/ noun [countableC]

1. HBPDLGa tall plant with long thin leaves and large purple, yellow, or white flowers 鸢尾属植物 →5 see picture at 见图 flower1

HBthe round coloured part of your eye, that surrounds the black pupil 〔瞳孔周围的〕虹膜 →5 see picture at 见图 eye1

Examples from the Corpus

iris• I have been in my house like an iris in an eye with the eyelid shut.• An all-white spring garden of azaleas, tulips and iris can be soothing.• Being a bearded iris, I. pallida needs full light and dryish, or at least free-draining soil.• With a circular iris, the focus is maintained in both dimensions of the field of view.• The marble iris stood peacefully on a low shelf.• A useful group of iris with clumps of grassy foliage.• But it can be made to bulge and glitter with a maestro behind the iris.

Origin iris

(1400-1500) Latin Greek, “rainbow, iris plant, iris of the eye”

单词	iris
释义	iris Word family verbirisatenounirisationirisadjectiveirised Related topics: Plants, Gardening, Biology, Human i·ris /ˈaɪərɪs $ ˈaɪrɪs/ noun [countableC] 1. HBPDLGa tall plant with long thin leaves and large purple, yellow, or white flowers 鸢尾属植物 →5 see picture at 见图 flower1 2. HBthe round coloured part of your eye, that surrounds the black pupil 〔瞳孔周围的〕虹膜 →5 see picture at 见图 eye1 Examples from the Corpus iris• I have been in my house like an iris in an eye with the eyelid shut.• An all-white spring garden of azaleas, tulips and iris can be soothing.• Being a bearded iris, I. pallida needs full light and dryish, or at least free-draining soil.• With a circular iris, the focus is maintained in both dimensions of the field of view.• The marble iris stood peacefully on a low shelf.• A useful group of iris with clumps of grassy foliage.• But it can be made to bulge and glitter with a maestro behind the iris. Origin iris (1400-1500) Latin Greek, “rainbow, iris plant, iris of the eye”
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