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单词 daisy
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Definition of daisy in English:

daisy

nounPlural daisies ˈdeɪziˈdeɪzi
  • 1A small European grassland plant which has flowers with a yellow disc and white rays.

    雏菊

    Bellis perennis, family Compositae (or Asteraceae; the daisy family). The plants of this large family (known as composites) are distinguished by having composite flower heads consisting of numerous disc florets, ray florets, or both; they include many weeds (dandelions, thistles) and garden flowers (asters, chrysanthemums, dahlias)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the minute's silence, passengers moved to inspect the books of condolence which were placed on a table decorated with a floral arrangement of white roses, daisies and lilies.
    • It must have been full summer, for it was warm enough not to need a coat, and the lawns were thick with white daisies, all impossibly open in the moonlight.
    • These two plants flower at the same time to give a display of tiny white and large yellow daisies for weeks at the end of the summer.
    • Her feet were buried in a lush carpet of grass, with daisies and other flowers sprinkled over it like raindrops.
    • Bryce was holding single flower in his hand - a fresh, white daisy.
    • It was one of those warm, humid days best spent at home watching the flowers grow and counting daisies in the grass.
    • She carried a bouquet of light yellow roses, large daisies, chrysanthemums and blue campanulas.
    • Daffodils, wild hyacinths and tulips, snowdrops, bluebells, daisies and buttercups littered the earth.
    • There were blue flower boxes beneath each window with lovely little daisies and these pretty yellow flowers that I'd never seen before.
    • A wooden sign with the words ‘Ashecroft Bed and Breakfast’ stood in the midst of a mix of white daisies and purple coneflowers.
    • Yellow and orange calendulas bloom through winter, as will pink and white English daisies and sweet-scented stock.
    • There are fields of maize and little plots of white daisies.
    • They carried flowers - daisies, petunias and roses to leave during the ceremony.
    • He was leading me down a path lined with white daisies and freshly-bloomed hawthorn trees.
    • I gave a gasp as Justin came over with a bouquet of yellow and white daisies and a huge smile on his face.
    • Bright yellow sage and broom light up the countryside with dustings of white daisies and blue anemones.
    • Big cabbage roses might bloom among white daisies, with a sprinkling of poppies in front.
    • Yellow tulips and white daisies filled that patch, and different kinds of flowers surrounded the rest of the house.
    • She stopped to buy some daisies from the one and only flower vendor, simple white daisies.
    • It was a white daisy with its petals going in a few different ways; some were folding upward, while others were folded to the other side.
    1. 1.1 Used in names of other plants of the daisy family, e.g. Michaelmas daisy, Shasta daisy.
      用于此科其他具有类似花朵的植物名称中,如Michaelmas,Shasta daisy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This side is more like a meadow, dominated by longer grasses and a host of ox-eye daisies.
      • The parks department created displays of autumn flowers, including chrysanthemums, Michaelmas daisies, and geraniums.
      • This Shasta daisy, with its double blooms, is truly unique and fun with its fluffy look.

Phrases

  • as fresh as a daisy

    • Healthy and full of energy.

      精力充沛

      you look as fresh as a daisy!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After the coffee, taken without cream or sugar, has done its detoxifying work - which takes 15 minutes - you resume life feeling as fresh as a daisy.
      • Although you probably didn't even notice I was gone, I'm home from my mountain getaway this week, fresh as a daisy from lots of sleep.
      • I'm back in the UK, and it's half-past midnight and I feel as fresh as a daisy despite only having slept for about half an hour in the last thirty-six…
      • I went to bed really early last night to catch up on sleep, so I woke up feeling as fresh as a daisy for once.
      • And having got all that out of system I had a great night's sleep last night and am fresh as a daisy today.
      • Went to bed last night at 1: 30 am and woke up fresh as a daisy at 5 am.
      • A lot fitter than many of the younger cyclists, dynamic Dan was said to be as fresh as a daisy when he pulled back into Killarney at the end of the race.
      • CJ was unusually unsteady on her feet, but I was fresh as a daisy.
      • I think I look exhausted at the moment but he looked fresh as a daisy.
      • I was in bed by 8: 30 pm and awoke fresh as a daisy, all recuperated and ready to face the day shift.
      Synonyms
      refreshed, rested, restored, revived, like a new person
  • be pushing up daisies

    • informal Be dead and buried.

      〈非正式〉已故,已完葬

      his heart condition will see him pushing up the daisies at a young age
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You sure as heck can't take the money with you when you're pushing up the daisies.
      • And he hasn't done that since May 2002, leading some to speculate that he's injured, plugged into a dialysis machine, or already pushing up the daisies.
      • ‘All this will be here long after I'm pushing up daisies,’ said the woman who regards herself as a ‘custodian’ of all our food futures.
      • I just hope you two find your peace before I'm pushing up daisies in Gate of Heaven.
      • They want their Olympians to be proud grandparents and not pushing up daisies at 40 when bodies abused by anabolic steroids suffer total organ failure.
      • Told she'd be pushing up the daisies by 2004-10 years on, with two books and a devoted husband, she's still here.
      • On this occasion we were told not to grieve because our friend would soon be pushing up the daisies.
      • And all the generals who even thought about a coup are pushing up daisies.
      • I think when I'm pushing up daisies, he'll be doing great things.
      • If looks could kill, both Jessie and Mrs. Smithers would have been pushing up the daisies.
      Synonyms
      dead, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away

Origin

Old English dæges ēage 'day's eye' (because the flower opens in the morning and closes at night).

  • Daisies close at night and open again in the morning, revealing the yellow disc at their centre. This gives them their name, as daisy is a contraction of day's eye. Being dead and buried loses some of its solemnity and fear when you are under the daisies or are pushing up daisies. This light-hearted expression dates from the early 20th century, and the First World War poet Wilfred Owen (1893–1918) alludes to its use by soldiers in the trenches. Fresh as a daisy refers to the opening of the daisy in the morning, and to its welcome appearance in spring. It has been used by writers since at least the 14th century, when it appears in the works of the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343–1400).

Rhymes

Bel Paese, Buthelezi, crazy, Farnese, glazy, hazy, lazy, Maisie, mazy, oops-a-daisy, Piranesi, upsy-daisy, Veronese

Definition of daisy in US English:

daisy

nounˈdāzēˈdeɪzi
  • 1A small grassland plant that has flowers with a yellow disk and white rays. It has given rise to many ornamental garden varieties.

    雏菊

    Bellis perennis, family Compositae (or Asteraceae; the daisy family). The plants of this large family (known as composites) are distinguished by having composite flower heads consisting of numerous disk florets, ray florets, or both; they include many weeds (dandelions, thistles, ragworts) and garden flowers (asters, chrysanthemums, dahlias, marigolds)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After the minute's silence, passengers moved to inspect the books of condolence which were placed on a table decorated with a floral arrangement of white roses, daisies and lilies.
    • There are fields of maize and little plots of white daisies.
    • These two plants flower at the same time to give a display of tiny white and large yellow daisies for weeks at the end of the summer.
    • Yellow and orange calendulas bloom through winter, as will pink and white English daisies and sweet-scented stock.
    • It must have been full summer, for it was warm enough not to need a coat, and the lawns were thick with white daisies, all impossibly open in the moonlight.
    • She stopped to buy some daisies from the one and only flower vendor, simple white daisies.
    • Bright yellow sage and broom light up the countryside with dustings of white daisies and blue anemones.
    • A wooden sign with the words ‘Ashecroft Bed and Breakfast’ stood in the midst of a mix of white daisies and purple coneflowers.
    • Bryce was holding single flower in his hand - a fresh, white daisy.
    • There were blue flower boxes beneath each window with lovely little daisies and these pretty yellow flowers that I'd never seen before.
    • I gave a gasp as Justin came over with a bouquet of yellow and white daisies and a huge smile on his face.
    • Big cabbage roses might bloom among white daisies, with a sprinkling of poppies in front.
    • Yellow tulips and white daisies filled that patch, and different kinds of flowers surrounded the rest of the house.
    • Her feet were buried in a lush carpet of grass, with daisies and other flowers sprinkled over it like raindrops.
    • It was one of those warm, humid days best spent at home watching the flowers grow and counting daisies in the grass.
    • Daffodils, wild hyacinths and tulips, snowdrops, bluebells, daisies and buttercups littered the earth.
    • She carried a bouquet of light yellow roses, large daisies, chrysanthemums and blue campanulas.
    • They carried flowers - daisies, petunias and roses to leave during the ceremony.
    • He was leading me down a path lined with white daisies and freshly-bloomed hawthorn trees.
    • It was a white daisy with its petals going in a few different ways; some were folding upward, while others were folded to the other side.
    1. 1.1 Used in names of other plants with flowers similar to the daisy, e.g., Michaelmas daisy, Shasta daisy.
      用于此科其他具有类似花朵的植物名称中,如Michaelmas,Shasta daisy
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This side is more like a meadow, dominated by longer grasses and a host of ox-eye daisies.
      • This Shasta daisy, with its double blooms, is truly unique and fun with its fluffy look.
      • The parks department created displays of autumn flowers, including chrysanthemums, Michaelmas daisies, and geraniums.

Phrases

  • as fresh as a daisy

    • Healthy and full of energy.

      精力充沛

      you look as fresh as a daisy!
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Went to bed last night at 1: 30 am and woke up fresh as a daisy at 5 am.
      • I think I look exhausted at the moment but he looked fresh as a daisy.
      • A lot fitter than many of the younger cyclists, dynamic Dan was said to be as fresh as a daisy when he pulled back into Killarney at the end of the race.
      • After the coffee, taken without cream or sugar, has done its detoxifying work - which takes 15 minutes - you resume life feeling as fresh as a daisy.
      • CJ was unusually unsteady on her feet, but I was fresh as a daisy.
      • Although you probably didn't even notice I was gone, I'm home from my mountain getaway this week, fresh as a daisy from lots of sleep.
      • And having got all that out of system I had a great night's sleep last night and am fresh as a daisy today.
      • I was in bed by 8: 30 pm and awoke fresh as a daisy, all recuperated and ready to face the day shift.
      • I went to bed really early last night to catch up on sleep, so I woke up feeling as fresh as a daisy for once.
      • I'm back in the UK, and it's half-past midnight and I feel as fresh as a daisy despite only having slept for about half an hour in the last thirty-six…
      Synonyms
      refreshed, rested, restored, revived, like a new person
  • be pushing up daisies

    • informal Be dead and buried.

      〈非正式〉已故,已完葬

      his heart condition will see him pushing up the daisies at a young age
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And he hasn't done that since May 2002, leading some to speculate that he's injured, plugged into a dialysis machine, or already pushing up the daisies.
      • They want their Olympians to be proud grandparents and not pushing up daisies at 40 when bodies abused by anabolic steroids suffer total organ failure.
      • On this occasion we were told not to grieve because our friend would soon be pushing up the daisies.
      • And all the generals who even thought about a coup are pushing up daisies.
      • I just hope you two find your peace before I'm pushing up daisies in Gate of Heaven.
      • You sure as heck can't take the money with you when you're pushing up the daisies.
      • Told she'd be pushing up the daisies by 2004-10 years on, with two books and a devoted husband, she's still here.
      • I think when I'm pushing up daisies, he'll be doing great things.
      • If looks could kill, both Jessie and Mrs. Smithers would have been pushing up the daisies.
      • ‘All this will be here long after I'm pushing up daisies,’ said the woman who regards herself as a ‘custodian’ of all our food futures.
      Synonyms
      dead, expired, departed, gone, no more, passed on, passed away

Origin

Old English dæges ēage ‘day's eye’ (because the flower opens in the morning and closes at night).

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