英:[ˈmæləʊ]
美:[ˈmæloʊ]
英:[ˈmæləʊ]
美:[ˈmæloʊ]
mal·low
mae lo
noun
any of several related plants whose anthers grow in a tube, and that have hairy stems, lobed or dissected leaves, and bear purple, pink, or white flowers.
14世纪后期,拼写改变自古英语 malwe,直接源自拉丁语 malva “藜芦”(现代法语 mauve,西班牙语和意大利语 malva 也源自此),这是来自地中海基层语言的一个词。同样失传的词汇似乎也产生了希腊语 malakhe “藜芦”。
锦葵:锦葵属(Malva)植物。锦葵(M.sylvestris L.)与圆叶锦葵(M.rotundifolia L.)之花与叶,在亚洲和印度用作缓和剂和润滑剂
Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe, from Latin malva
The first known use of mallow was before the 12th century
malt1 of 2noun
grain and especially barley steeped in water and used chiefly in brewing and distilling
malted milk sense 2
malt2 of 2verb
to convert into malt
to make or treat with malt or malt extract
maltasenoun
an enzyme that accelerates the breakdown of maltose to glucose
malt1 of 2noun
grain and especially barley steeped in water and used chiefly in brewing and distilling
malted milk sense 2
malt2 of 2verb
to convert into malt
to make or treat with malt or malt extract
malpracticenoun
violation of professional standards especially by carelessness or improper conduct
malodorousadjective
having a bad smell
malnutritionnoun
faulty nutrition especially due to inadequate intake of nutrients
malnourishedadjective
poorly nourished : undernourished
malwarenoun
software designed to interfere with a computer's normal functioning
mallownoun
any of a group of herbs with lobed leaves, usually showy flowers, and a disk-shaped fruit
1 The most famous “mallow” plant is the wetland marsh mallow.
2 Now, this green, a variety of mallow, is making up an outsize portion of many Gazans’ diets by providing an inexpensive way to blunt hunger.
3 "The program is moving quickly, and it's exciting to be part of such a unique aircraft," said Drew Mallow, Phantom Eye program manager for Boeing.
波音公司幻影眼项目经理DrewMallow说:“该项目正在迅速开展,作为一架独具特色的无人机,这很令人兴奋。”
4 Many in Gaza have been living off little more than a native wild plant known as Egyptian mallow, commonly eaten by Palestinians.
5 The deserted village is slowly being taken over by vast banks of wild mallow.
6 The setting agent As the name suggests, the first marshmallows were set with the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow plant, which McGee describes as “the weedy relative of the hollyhock”.
7 In ancient days, people dug marsh mallows — bushes that grow near swamps and rivers, including the Potomac — out of the ground as an edible vegetable, and they boiled the roots into a syrup.
8 Elena’s black hair, gathered in a luxuriant pony tail, is accented with apricot mallow, a flower native to Southern California and Northern Mexico.
9 The rose mallow variety Peppermint Schnapps takes damp, heavy soil and blooms in September — other hardy hibiscus are noticeably earlier.
10 “It’s hard not to be captivated by all that grows here, from citrus and loquats to jacaranda, mallow, elderberry and California poppy,” she says.
11 "You are a mallow monster - yes," said Sarah in a high-pitched baby voice as she hands a marshmallow through the bars of the cage.
“大号的锦葵!”莎拉说着将它递入笼中,随即传来婴儿般的尖音。
12 Her other special bee is the Diadasia, about two dozen species of medium-to-large bees that evolved to feed from mallow blooms but then adapted to also feed from cactus flowers.
13 Outside the farm’s perimeter and at the top of the hillside, she is experimenting with drought-tolerant California native perennials, including fragrant pitcher sage, buckwheat, mallows and the native rose, Rosa Californica.
14 The poetic plant list ranges from asters to zinnias, from wallflowers and cosmos to gillyflowers, tree mallows, trailing lobelias, globe amaranths, toadflax and perennial sage.
15 Lee Chong did not give it these things, with the result that the truck stood in the tall grass back of the grocery most of the time with the mallows growing between its spokes.
16 As part of the mallow family, cotton is botanically related to okra and hibiscus, which thrive in tropical and subtropical regions.
17 “Tomorrow I will tend to your aching bones. I have a notion for a new medicine, made from mallow roots that grow in the marshes,” I said.
18 The Ethingtons’ landscape is teeming with beneficial insects and birds, attracted by the abundant blooms of natives such as buckwheats, salvias, mallows and milkweed, the favored food of monarch caterpillars.
19 Desert mallow spread out peach-colored blooms in pockets of soil, and everywhere late- blooming cliff roses swarmed with bees.
20 I had quit my search for the mallow root in my haste to return to the castle, and I tried to ignore the pricking of guilt, trusting that Elnora would forgive my broken promise.