lavender英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family. countable,uncountable
A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower. countable,uncountable
A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives. historical,uncountable

动词 v.

To decorate or perfume with lavender. transitive

— Short shafts of dying sunlight mingled with the deepening grey, lavendering the horizon, and all nature seemed to hush as though waiting to welcome the night.

形容词 adj.

Having a pale purple colour.
Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.

— “Now in here,” their guide, sweating dark tentacles into his tab collar, briefed them, “you are going to see the members of the third sex, the lavender crowd this city by the Bay is so justly famous for.
Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

词形变化

lavenders plural more lavender comparative most lavender superlative lavenders present,singular,third-person lavendering participle,present lavendered participle,past lavendered past

词汇关系

衍生词

cotton lavender desert lavender English lavender fernleaf lavender French lavender fringed lavender Lavender Bay lavender cotton lavender foal syndrome lavenderish lavender thrift lavender water lavendery lay in lavender lay up in lavender rock sea lavender sea lavender Spanish lavender spike lavender lavender ceiling lavender-collar lavender lad lavender linguistics lavender marriage lavender menace lavender scare

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Medieval Latin lavendulader.
Old French lavendrebor.
Middle English lavendre
English lavender
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Medieval Latin lavendulader.
Old French lavendrebor.
Middle English lavendre
English lavender
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

词源 3

Etymology tree
Medieval Latin lavendulader.
Old French lavendrebor.
Middle English lavendre
English lavender
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.