nectar
英['nektə]美['nɛktɚ]
- n. [植] 花蜜；甘露；神酒；任何美味的饮料
- n. (Nectar)人名；(罗)内克塔尔
助记提示
1. 仙酒：nectar (神仙喝的可以长生不老、长生不死的酒). 仙果：ambrosia (神仙吃的可以长生不老、长生不死的水果).
中文词源
nectar 花蜜，桃汁
来自希腊语nektar, 仙肴，神仙的饮品，来自nek-,死亡，-tar,超越，词源同trans-.引申词义花蜜，桃汁。
英文词源
- nectar
- nectar: [16] Nectar was originally the drink of the Greek gods, but soon after the word’s arrival in English it was being used metaphorically for any ‘delicious drink’. It comes via Latin nectar from Greek néktar, and it has been speculated that this may have been derived from the base *nek- ‘kill’ (source also of English necromancy), as some sort of allusion to the ‘immortality’ of the gods. Nectarine [17], the name of a sort of peach based on the now disused adjective nectarine ‘like nectar’, was probably inspired by German nektarpfirsich ‘nectar-peach’.
- nectar (n.)
- 1550s, from Latin nectar, from Greek nektar, name of the drink of the gods, which is said to be a compound of nek- "death" (see necro-) + -tar "overcoming," from PIE *tere- (2) "to cross over, pass through, overcome" (see through). Meaning "sweet liquid in flowers" first recorded c. 1600.
双语例句
- 1. Flowers are often fertilized by bees as they gather nectar.
- 花常在蜜蜂采蜜时受粉。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.
- 蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Insects are attracted to flowers by their colour, scent and nectar.
- 昆虫为花的色彩 、 香气和花蜜所吸引.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Nectar and pollen are very nutritious.
- 花蜜和花粉是很有营养的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Bees gather nectar from flowers.
- 蜜蜂从花朵上采集花蜜.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》