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Vanilla Plant Meaning Və'Nilə N.香草,香子兰 英 N.香草,香子兰(Any Genus

单词 vanilla
音标 [və'nilə]
解释 n.香草,香子兰
红宝书 【英】 n.香草,香子兰(any of a genus of tropical American climbing orchids)
字源 vanilla (n.)
1660s, "pod of the vanilla plant," from Spanish vainilla "vanilla plant," literally "little pod," diminutive of vaina "sheath," from Latin vagina "sheath of an ear of grain, hull of a plant" (see vagina). So called from the shape of the pods. European discovery 1521 by Hernando Cortes' soldiers on reconnaissance in southeastern Mexico. Meaning "flavoring extracted from the vanilla bean" is attested by 1728. Meaning "conventional, of ordinary sexual preferences" is 1970s, from notion of whiteness and the common choice of vanilla ice cream.
不择手段背单词 n. 香草
【记】van碗, ill, a: 生病了就吃一碗香草.
趣味全助记 【记】音:闻你啦,对女友说,闻闻你,怎么这么香,原来抹了香草润肤油;音:吻你啦

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