chives
/tʃaɪvz/plural noun
1- a small Eurasian plant related to the onion, with purple-pink flowers and dense tufts of long tubular leaves which are used as a culinary herb细香葱:
freshly chopped chives
新切碎的细香葱
as modifier (chive) chive and garlic dressing.葱蒜调味料。
1.1
- Allium schoenoprasum, family Liliaceae (or Alliaceae).拉丁名Allium schoenoprasum, 百合科(或葱科)。
1.2
chive
a single plant of this kind; a single leaf from such a plant.一株细香葱; 细香葱叶。
词源
Middle English: from Old French, dialect variant of cive, from Latin cepa 'onion'.