perennial

英 [pəˈreniəl]

美 [pəˈreniəl]

adj.  长久的; 持续的; 反复出现的; 多年生的
n.  多年生植物

复数：perennials　

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Collins.2 / BNC.11757 / COCA.8869

牛津词典

adj.

• 长久的；持续的；反复出现的
  continuing for a very long time; happening again and again
  1. the perennial problem of water shortage
     缺水这个老问题
  2. that perennial favourite, hamburgers
     汉堡包，这种永远受喜爱的食品
• 多年生的
  living for two years or more

noun

• 多年生植物
  any plant that lives for more than two years

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED （尤指问题或困难）永恒的，持续的，亘古不变的
  You useperennialto describe situations or states that keep occurring or which seem to exist all the time; used especially to describe problems or difficulties.
  1. ...the perennial urban problems of drugs and homelessness...
     毒品和无家可归这两个一直困扰城市的问题
  2. There's a perennial shortage of teachers with science qualifications.
     有理科教学资格的老师一直都很短缺。
• ADJ （植物）多年生的
  Aperennialplant lives for several years and has flowers each year.
  1. ...a perennial herb with greenish-yellow flowers.
     开绿黄色花的多年生香草
  2. Perennialis also a noun.
     
  3. ...a low-growing perennial.
     多年生矮小植物

英英释义

noun

• (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

adj

• recurring again and again
  1. perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements
  Synonym:recurrentrepeated
• lasting three seasons or more
  1. the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant
• lasting an indefinitely long time
  1. perennial happiness

双语例句

• Tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers.
  美国东南的高的美丽的多年生草本植物，有象枫木的叶子和白色的花。
• Old World tropical herbaceous perennial of the agave family; in some classifications considered a genus of Liliaceae.
  龙舌兰科一个旧大陆热带多年生草本属；有些分类认为它是百合科的一个属。
• Poisonous Eurasian perennial herb with broad rounded leaves and yellow flowers and fibrous rootstock.
  一种有毒的欧亚草本植物，具有宽的圆形叶、黄色的花和纤维状根状茎。
• Low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base.
  一种矮生的木本灌木或多年生灌木，具有木质基部。
• Low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes.
  缓慢生长的多年生草本植物，具有辛辣姜味的叶和根茎。
• Perennial herbs and shrubs and lianas; cosmopolitan especially in salt-water areas.
  多年生草本和灌木和藤蔓植物；广域特别在咸水区域。
• Slightly hairy perennial having deep green leathery leaves and flowers that are ultimately purplish-green.
  带细微毛的多年生草本植物，具有深绿色的、似皮革的叶子和最后成为紫绿色的花。
• Genus of perennial tuberous-rooted plants of Mexico and Central America.
  墨西哥和中美一个多年生块茎根植物属。
• European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass.
  欧洲多年生草，广泛栽培用作牧草、干草和草坪草。
• Genus of tall erect or branched American annual or perennial herbs with showy flowers: sunflowers.
  美洲的一个一年生或多年生草本属，高大而直立或多分枝，花艳丽；向日葵。