four-o'clock
/'fɔ:rә,klɔk/
📖 中文释义
- n. 紫茉莉, 澳洲食蜜鸟
🔗 释义中的汉语词
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n. A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half
- a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common
- four-o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and
- open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is
- also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.
- n. The friar bird; -- so called from its cry, which
- resembles these words.