heliotrope: [17] The heliotrope, a plant of the forget-me-not family, gets its name because its flowers always turn to face the sun (the word comes via Latin hēliotropium from Greek hēliotrópion, a compound formed from hélios ‘sun’ and -tropos ‘turning’ – as in English trophy and tropical – which designated such plants, and was also used for ‘sundial’).
In early times the word was applied to the ‘sunflower’, which has similar heliotactic habits and in Italian is called girasole (literally ‘turn-sun’), source of the Jerusalem in English Jerusalem artichoke. Another application of Greek hēliotrópion carried over into English was to a sort of green quartz which was believed to turn the sun’s rays blood-red if thrown into water. => trophy, tropical
heliotrope (n.)
"plant which turns its flowers and leaves to the sun," 1620s, from French héliotrope (14c.) and directly from Latin heliotropium, from Greek heliotropion, from helios "sun" (see sol) + tropos "turn" (see trope). The word was applied c. 1000-1600 in Latin form to sunflowers and marigolds. Related: Heliotropic.
雙語例句
1. She put her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses.
她把自己的鼻子愜意地埋在天芥菜和庚申薔薇花簇中。
來自辭典例句
2. So Laurie played and Jo listened, with her nose luxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses.
這樣勞瑞便彈了起來.裘把自己的鼻子愜意地埋在無芥菜和庚申薔薇花簇中傾聽著.
來自辭典例句
3. Notes of heliotrope flowers and vanilla - combine to create the warm floral base notes.