pansy
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pan·sy /ˈpænzi/ noun (plural pansies) [countable] 1. HBPa small garden plant with brightly coloured flowers 三色堇，三色紫罗兰2. informal not politeINSULT an offensive word for a man who seems weak and too much like a woman 脂粉气的男子，娘娘腔的男人
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pansy• At Easter, decorate with chocolate eggs, crystallized flower petals, or fresh primroses and pansies.• Left: Universal winter-flowering pansies are indispensable for adding colour splashes during the bleakest months of winter.• But the winter container's secret weapon, planted in layers under showy pansies or polyanthus, is the spring-flowering bulb.• There was a healthy pink petunia, a shy violet pansy and the promise of a fuchsia.• They asked her what the foreman said when she painted five chairs all over with roses and painted the sixth with pansies.Origin pansy (1400-1500) French pensée, from pensée “thought”pan·sy nounChineseSyllable
coloured small plant brightly a garden Corpus flowers with
pansy
pan‧sy /ˈpænzi/
noun (plural pansies) [countable]
2. informal not polite an offensive word for a man who seems weak and too much like a woman
pan‧sy /ˈpænzi/
noun (plural pansies) [countable] Date: 1400-1500
Language: French
Origin: pensée, from pensée 'thought'
1. a small garden plant with brightly coloured flowersLanguage: French
Origin: pensée, from pensée 'thought'
2. informal not polite an offensive word for a man who seems weak and too much like a woman