milkweed是什么意思？

milkweed

英['mɪlkwi:d] 美['mɪlkˌwid]

• n. 乳草属植物；

例句

• Overall a monarch butterfly is no more or less striking than its host, the milkweed pod. 大体上,帝王蝴蝶和其宿主奶草豆荚谁也不比谁更显眼或更平庸.
• In the spring, surviving monarchs fly north, stopping at fields of milkweed to lay eggs. 春天, 度过了寒冷冬天存活下来的帝王蝶飞回北方停在生长牛奶草的田野里产卵.
• Thank you for listening to my Milkweed. 感谢听我的歌曲“乳草”.
• Cattails, dried milkweed pods, and other weeds may be gathered and painted for decorations. 有人喜欢收集香蒲属植物 、 干枯的马利筋属植物的茎荚和其他野草,将它们着色, 然后再做成装饰品.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts
  2. annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads