(noun.) any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated.
录入:雷内
双语例句
But I have heard that the crocuses promise well, continued my companion imperturbably. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
The drop was at least twenty feet, however, and a bed of crocuses in full bloom lay beneath. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Flowers peeped out amongst the leaves; snow-drops, crocuses, purple auriculas, and golden-eyed pansies. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.