| 词汇 | thistledown |
| 释义 | thistledown noun[ U ] uk /ˈθɪs.əl.daʊn/ us /ˈθɪs.əl.daʊn/ the mass of thin, soft, white threads that are joined to thistle seeds and help them to be blown through the air（白色）蓟种子冠毛 Duncan Shaw/VisitBritain/GettyImages Fruits & seeds & their parts ackee aronia barberry bergamot bur caryopsis chaff cone flesh peel pine nut pip pith pithy poppy seed radicle radicular seed coat seed pod seedless Examples of thistledownthistledown Any suggestion that it was a real force for decision in the polling booth has been blown away like thistledown. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has seeds like thistledown and spreads all over the district. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The dens are usually lined with moss plants, thistledown, dried grass, and feathers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This movement can present the illusion of thistledown fluttering in the wind, which could be ignored by any potential predators. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Dispersion of the individual fruiting bodies, with their thistledown, is anemocorous (they are sometimes dispersed by water as a secondary mechanism). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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