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vase

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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vase /vɑːz $ veɪs, veɪz/ ●●○ noun [countable]  vase.jpg DHa container used to put flowers in or for decoration 花瓶,〔装饰用的〕瓶4  See picture of 见图 JUG
Examples from the Corpus
vaseIt has a smell to it, that word -- musky and oppressive, like dead flowers in a vase.On the table in front of the sofa was a vase holding four pink roses, the blooms in various stages of uncurled perfection.From about the time of the invention of red-figure some black-figure vases are given a white slip covering the orange clay.It is usually used in conjunction with a garden, vase or prayer-rug design.Tornadoes that spun across the blue sky like vases thrown on some mad potter's wheel.The same sum secured a 15-inch De Morgan Persian-style vase in the recent sale.I lifted the vase between my thumb and forefinger.
Origin vase (1500-1600) French Latin vas container
vase nounChinese
a put used Corpus flowers in to container


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vase
vase /vɑːz $ veɪs, veɪz/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: Latin vas 'container'

a container used to put flowers in or for decoration


vaseBrE /vɑːz/ 🔊NAmE /veɪs/ 🔊, /veɪz/ 🔊 noun
a container made of glass, etc., used for holding cut flowers or as a decorative object 花瓶;装饰瓶a vase of flowers一瓶花