"heather" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 石南花

Definition

Heather 指一种矮小的野生植物，开细小的粉色、紫色或白色花。它常生长在开阔、多风、岩石较多的荒原或山坡上。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

它通常作为植物名称不可数使用，尤其在整体描述景色时，如 'The hills were covered in heather.'。这个词常见于自然、风景和英国尤其是苏格兰相关的语境中。不要和女性名字 'Heather' 混淆。

Examples

The field was full of purple heather.

田野里长满了紫色的**石南花**。

We saw heather on the hill.

我们在山坡上看到了**石南花**。

Small bees moved around the heather.

小蜜蜂在**石南花**周围飞来飞去。

By late summer, the hills turn bright with heather.

到了夏末，山坡会因为**石南花**而变得格外鲜艳。

That photo with the mist and the heather looks straight out of Scotland.

那张有薄雾和**石南花**的照片，简直像直接拍自苏格兰。

I didn't expect the path to smell so sweet with all that heather around.

我没想到周围都是**石南花**，小路会闻起来这么香。