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buttercup

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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but·ter·cup /ˈbʌtəkʌp $ -ər-/ noun [countable]  HBPa small shiny yellow wild flower 毛茛〔一种有光泽的黄色小野花〕
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buttercupSo any docks, dandelions and creeping buttercup go straight to the tip and good riddance to them too.Then he picked up the fainter smells of buttercups and horses.There were certainly forget-me-nots, violets, white wood anemones, huge numbers of dandelions and some buttercups.Dotty Harmer's cottage was the only house to be seen here, basking among the buttercups like a warmly golden cat.He's forgotten what it is to sit and hold hands among the buttercups.We went too, but were not allowed in the hospital, so we played in the buttercup fields.The Great River swept sluggishly through meads that were aflame with buttercups and dotted with the last patches of melting snow.It was summer days drenched with sunlight, fields yellow with buttercups, and barn lofts sweet with hay.
but·ter·cup nounChineseSyllable
yellow flower Corpus shiny a small wild


buttercup
buttercup /ˈbʌtəkʌp $ -ər-/ noun [countable]
a small shiny yellow wild flower


but·ter·cupBrE /ˈbʌtəkʌp/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbʌtərkʌp/ 🔊 noun
a wild plant with small shiny yellow flowers that are shaped like cups 毛茛(野生植物,开杯状有光泽的小黄花)