primrose

primrose

英 ['prɪmrəʊz]
　　美 ['prɪmroz]

n. 報春花；淡黃色；櫻草色；歐洲櫻草；最佳部分
　　adj. 櫻草的；淡黃色的；櫻草色的；令人愉快的
　　n. (Primrose)人名；(英)普裡姆羅斯，普麗姆羅絲(女名)

中文詞源：

primrose 報春花

來自prime,第一的，最初的，rose,玫瑰。字面意思即最早開的玫瑰花，因這種花於早春開花而得名。

例句：

1. Primrose, stupefied by tiredness, began to wail that she was hungry.
普麗姆羅絲累得精神都有些恍惚瞭，開始哭著說她餓瞭。

2. Primrose was given an apple, left over from our picnic lunch.
我們中午野餐剩下的一個蘋果給瞭普麗姆羅絲。

3. She is in the primrose of her life.
她正處在她一生的最盛期.

4. Evening primrose oil is used on the skin as well as taken internally.
夜來香油既可外敷於皮膚也可以內服。

5. If we followed your advice we'd all be walking down the primrose path to ruin.
如果我們聽你的建議就等於走上墮落自毀的道路.