| 词汇 | cactus |
| 释义 | cactus noun[ C ] uk /ˈkæk.təs/ us /ˈkæk.təs/pluralcactiuk /ˈkæk.taɪ / us /ˈkæk.taɪ /cactuses any of many types of desert plant, usually with sharp spines(= long points) and thick stems for storing water: 仙人掌 The only thing that grows here is an occasional sage bush or cactus. Spectacular giant cacti stand on the hillside. Archive Photos/Archive Photos/GettyImages Probably the most famous desert plant is the cactus. The courtyards of the house are full of cactuses and cages of tropical birds. This volcanic mountain is the home of cacti, lizards, and flightless birds that have become extinct everywhere else on earth. The restaurant is painted in colourful shades and decorated with cacti and other Mexican symbols. Common plants African violet agave aloe aloe vera alpine strawberry dichondra dieffenbachia dill weed dracaena Easter lily loganberry maidenhair fern maize mandrake mare's tail sorrel sotol sow thistle Spanish moss spearmint As we descended the long, winding road we passed many fine specimens of tree cactus. Cacti and semi-tropical bushes mingled with brush on the rounded side hills. Even the olive and the cactus, those fast friends of a worthless soil, had almost deserted the country. He fumbled for his knife and clumsily scraped the needles from a leaf of the cactus and sliced it in two. This they followed rapidly, crossing wide plains of sage brush and cactus throughout the day. cactus | American Dictionarycactus noun[ C ] us/ˈkæk·təs/pluralcactius/ˈkæk·tɑɪ/cactuses any of a type of plant that grows in the desert, having thick stems for storing water and usually spines (= sharp points) Examples of cactuscactus For example, with the noun cactus, a preference for generating cacti is expressed by having the corresponding rule precede the one generating cactuses. To our knowledge, these results are the first to show that darkness triggers secondary dormancy in cacti. This is the first report of skotodormancy in cacti. Once inside the visitor sees all over the walls of the canyons real cactus sage brush and other vegetations transplanted from their natural clime. These plants produce pulpy, dehiscent fruits that have an odour and are located towards the end of the cactus arms. In other words, every block of is either a bridge or a circuit, so is a cactus. The staple crops are grown in cactus-hedged fields adjacent to the temporary villages and hamlets. For example, ' cactus-caterpillar ' was produced by a child who heard the puppet say ' elephant-caterpillar ' for a black caterpillar with spikes. It's like these cactuses that flower once in eighteen years. Exposure to light promotes germination of 57 cactus species and has no influence on 9 species. With this information, the role of the birds and bats that participate in the dispersal process of these cacti could be evaluated reliably. The abstractions of the cactus sounds by the end of the work, after all, are quite inviting and nurturing, rather than cold and alienating. The work begins with cactus plucks that slowly become amplified. With spatialisation, the final layer of the work seeks to move the audience from this external observer position, to a fictional location inside the cactus. We refer to a graph satisfying any of the above as a cactus. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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