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shamrock

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ldoce_296_asham·rock /ˈʃæmrɒk $ -rɑːk/ noun [countable]  ldoce_296.png HBPa small plant with three green leaves on each stem, that is the national symbol of Ireland 三叶草〔爱尔兰国花〕5  See picture of SHAMROCK 三叶草
Examples from the Corpus
shamrockThis is the second leaf of the shamrock.They wear the leaves of the shamrock in his honour.They are worn with their roots intact and if the hydrogel is watered, the shamrock will continue growing.The shamrock might better be seen as a four-square field, with customers being, as he suggested, the fourth element.Why is the lovely silver Royal Victorian Order insignia decorated with a rose, thistle, shamrock - and a sunflower?For similar reasons there was a ban on republicans wearing shamrocks as loyalists considered them provocative.His patchy mongrel pants like an iris where shamrock fans forget to blur.
Origin shamrock (1500-1600) Irish Gaelic seamrog
sham·rock nounChineseSyllable
leaves small three green Corpus with a plant


shamrock
shamrock /ˈʃæmrɒk $ -rɑːk/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Irish Gaelic
 Origin: seamrog
a small plant with three green leaves on each stem, that is the national symbol of Ireland


sham·rockBrE /ˈʃæmrɒk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈʃæmrɑːk/ 🔊 nouna small plant with three leaves on each stem. The shamrock is the national symbol of Ireland. 三叶草(爱尔兰的国花)