daisy

noun
🔊/ˈdeɪzi/
🔊/ˈdeɪzi/
(plural daisies)
Idioms
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  1. a small wild flower with white petals around a yellow centre; a taller plant with similar but larger flowers 雏菊(花);(类似雏菊,但花稍大的)菊科植物
    see also Michaelmas daisyTopics Plants and treesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDaisy is used before these nouns:
    • chain
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    Word OriginOld English dæges ēage ‘day's eye’ (because the flower opens in the morning and closes at night).
Idioms
be pushing up (the) daisies
  1. (old-fashioned, humorous) to be dead and buried in the ground葬入地下;正忙着滋养冢上黄花

Daisy

🔊/ˈdeɪzi/
🔊/ˈdeɪzi/
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  1. a first name for girls