daisy

Word family adjectivedaisiednoundaisy chaindaisy

Related topics: Plants

dai·sy /ˈdeɪzi/ noun (plural daisies) [countableC]

HBPa white flower with a yellow centre 雏菊 →4 See picture of 见图 FLOWER →5 see picture at 见图 flower1

2. be pushing up (the) daisies DEADto be dead – used humorously 死〔幽默用法〕

Examples from the Corpus

be pushing up (the) daisies• It's lucky I was sent here, to Hepzibah, or I'd be pushing up daisies.

→ as fresh as a daisy at fresh1(11)

Examples from the Corpus

daisy• It had a wicker, flower-girl basket of pinks and daisies in its mouth.• I had been thrown off the cricket team at school for making daisy chains on the boundary.• To create the second scene the sun and row of daisies are knitted as if reflected in water.• But the daisies will be happy to have a good place to grow, in such a safe sunny corner.

Origin daisy

Old English dægeseage “day's eye”

单词	daisy
释义	daisy Word family adjectivedaisiednoundaisy chaindaisy Related topics: Plants dai·sy /ˈdeɪzi/ noun (plural daisies) [countableC] 1. HBPa white flower with a yellow centre 雏菊 →4 See picture of 见图 FLOWER →5 see picture at 见图 flower1 2. be pushing up (the) daisies DEADto be dead – used humorously 死〔幽默用法〕 Examples from the Corpus be pushing up (the) daisies• It's lucky I was sent here, to Hepzibah, or I'd be pushing up daisies. → as fresh as a daisy at fresh1(11) Examples from the Corpus daisy• It had a wicker, flower-girl basket of pinks and daisies in its mouth.• I had been thrown off the cricket team at school for making daisy chains on the boundary.• To create the second scene the sun and row of daisies are knitted as if reflected in water.• But the daisies will be happy to have a good place to grow, in such a safe sunny corner. Origin daisy Old English dægeseage “day's eye”
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