Nectar Meaning in English

word

US

ˈnɛktɝ

NEK-ter

UK

nˈɛktɐ

NEK-tuh

释义

A sweet liquid made by flowers that attracts insects and birds; also used to describe a delicious drink, sometimes in a poetic or mythological sense.

用法与细微差别

Used in biology for the floral liquid and poetically for anything extremely sweet or delightful to taste. Not the same as 'juice'; 'nectar' is mostly uncountable and formal outside of science.

• Spanish: néctar
• Portuguese (BR): néctar
• Portuguese (PT): néctar
• Chinese (Simplified): 花蜜 - 甘露
• Chinese (Traditional): 花蜜 - 甘露
• Hindi: अमृत - फूल का रस
• Arabic: رحيق
• Bengali: মধু - অমৃত
• Russian: нектар
• Japanese: 蜜（みつ） - ネクター
• Vietnamese: mật hoa - nước thần (thi vị)
• Korean: 꿀 - 넥타 (신화적 또는 시적)
• Turkish: nektar
• Urdu: شہد کا رس - امرت (شاعرانہ یا دیومالائی)
• Indonesian: nektar - madu bunga

例句

Bees collect nectar from flowers to make honey.

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Hummingbirds drink nectar to get energy.

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The flower's nectar smells very sweet.

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This juice tastes like pure nectar—so delicious!

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In myths, the gods drank nectar to stay immortal.

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He called her cooking 'nectar for the soul.'

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