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clover

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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clo·ver /ˈkləʊvə $ ˈkloʊvər/ noun [uncountable]  1 clover.jpg HBPa small plant, usually with three leaves on each stem. If you find one with four leaves, it is thought to bring you luck 三叶草,苜蓿 a four-leaf clover 四叶(车轴)草4  See picture of 见图 FLOWER2 in clover informalCOMFORTABLE living comfortably because you have plenty of money 〔因有钱而〕生活舒适,养尊处优 The money kept him in clover for years. 那笔钱让他舒舒服服地过了好多年。
Examples from the Corpus
cloverAt the moment it looks more like a bit of rough pasture ... full of dandelions and clover patches.Domestic vines and orchards, in patches of garden overgrown with poppies and clover, straggle as far up as the fortress.All permanent pasture and most leys contain a large number of grasses, clovers, weeds, and herbs.It has a long creeping rhizome from which leaves similar to a four-leaf clover develop in two rows.He took it out to hold and to watch it munch clover.As befitted an earth sign, Taurus was made of clay, a sturdy little bull comically smelling a floret of clover.Thoughtfully, Hera pulled a tuft of clover from the ground and offered it.Can you taste the clover in it?
Origin clover Old English clafre
clo·ver nounChineseSyllable
small usually leaves with Corpus a three plant,


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clover
clover /ˈkləʊvə $ ˈkloʊvər/ noun [uncountable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: clafre

1. a small plant, usually with three leaves on each stem. If you find one with four leaves, it is thought to bring you luck:
    a four-leaf clover
2. in clover informal living comfortably because you have plenty of money:
    The money kept him in clover for years.


clo·verBrE /ˈkləʊvə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkloʊvər/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a small wild plant that usually has three leaves on each stem and purple, pink or white flowers that are shaped like balls 三叶草;车轴草a four-leaf clover (= one with four leaves instead of three, thought to bring good luck) 四叶车轴草(一般为三叶,故被认为可带来好运)be/live in clover(informal) to have enough money to be able to live a very comfortable life 过舒适优裕的生活