daisy

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dai·sy /ˈdeɪzi/ noun (plural daisies) [countable]  1. HBPa white flower with a yellow centre 雏菊 →4  See picture of 见图 FLOWER →5 see picture at 见图 flower12. be pushing up (the) daisies DEADto be dead – used humorously 死〔幽默用法〕 → as fresh as a daisy at fresh1(11)

Examples from the Corpus

daisy• It had a wicker, flower-girl basket of pinks and daisies in its mouth.• I had been thrown off the cricket team at school for making daisy chains on the boundary.• To create the second scene the sun and row of daisies are knitted as if reflected in water.• But the daisies will be happy to have a good place to grow, in such a safe sunny corner.Origin daisy Old English dægeseage “day's eye”

dai·sy nounChineseSyllable  

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daisy
dai‧sy /ˈdeɪzi/ noun (plural daisies) [countable]
1. a white flower with a yellow centre
2. be pushing up (the) daisies to be dead – used humorously
⇨ fresh as a daisy at fresh(11)

daisyBrE /ˈdeɪzi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdeɪzi/ 🔊 noun (

plural

daisies)

a small wild flower with white petals around a yellow centre; a taller plant with similar but larger flowers 雏菊（花）；（类似雏菊，但花稍大的）菊科植物●be ˌpushing up (the) ˈdaisies(old-fashioned, humorous) to be dead and in a grave 葬入地下；正忙着滋养冢上黄花  ➡  see also Michaelmas daisy