词汇 | clover |
释义 | cloverWord family adjectivecloveredcloverynounclovergrasscloverleafclover Plantsclo·ver /ˈkləʊvə $ ˈkloʊvər/ noun [uncountableU] 1 a four-leaf clover 四叶(车轴)草 2 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 clover• At 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? Old English clafre |
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