英语词汇“Darling”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

Darling

释义

ˈDarling, n.²
The name of a river in western New South Wales used attrib. in the names of certain plants growing in its neighbourhood; also Darling shower, a local name for a dust-storm.
1898Morris Austral Eng. 115/1 Darling Pea, an Australian plant, Swainsonia galegifolia.Ibid., Darling Shower, a local name..for a dust storm, caused by cyclonic winds.1899Westm. Gaz. 20 Feb. 10/1 The Riverina breeds a particularly distressful variety of dust-storm known as ‘Darling showers’.1909Webster, Darling lily, Crinum flaccidum.1936A. Russell Gone Nomad viii. 65 By this time, owing to the protracted drought, sand-storms or ‘Darling showers’, as we facetiously called them, had become an almost daily occurrence in the Red Country.1945Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 63 Darling Pea... One of Australia's poisonous plants; cattle eating it become afflicted with staggers and die: so a man wandering in gait or dazed in appearance is said to be suffering from Darling Pea.Ibid. x. 189 Cobar shower, denotes a duststorm. Darling shower, Wilcannia shower, and Bedourie shower are employed similarly.1963A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 11 It [sc. Patterson's Curse]..does not poison animals, as does the innocuous-sounding Darling Pea.

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