英语词汇“tiare”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

tiare

释义

‖ tiare|tiːˈɑːreɪ|
Also tiara, tiaré, tiari.
[a. Fr. tiare tiara.]
In Tahiti, one of several species of Gardenia bearing fragrant white flowers. Also attrib.
[a1771S. Parkinson Jrnl. Voy. S. Seas (1773) 37 Plants of Use for Food, Medicine, &c., in Otaheite..E teea-ree Gardenia-florida.]1888W. Hillebrand Flora Hawaiian Islands 171 Cultivated species: G[ardenia] Tahitensis—Tiara [etc.].1891D. Hort Tahiti ii. 25 The houses are..surrounded by umbrageous trees, and..gardenias—called there tiari.1914R. Brooke in New Numbers Aug. 110 With the starred tiare's white..Mamua, your lovelier head!1919W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence xlix. 214 Tiaré..the white, scented flower which..will always draw you back to Tahiti in the end.1931A. Waugh Most Women iv. 71 On her face was a look of serene contentment, and behind her left ear was the white tiare flower.1960H. E. Bates Aspidistra in Babylon 222 She was wearing in her hair not the big customary hibiscus flower but a little cluster of tiare, not more than six or seven blooms of small wax-white stars.1980Daily Tel. 26 Jan. 16 The local tiaré flower..is similar to a tiny gardenia.

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