eucalyptus: [19] Europeans first encountered eucalyptus trees in Australia at the end of the 18th century. The French botanist Charles Louis l’Héritier based its Latin name, which he coined in 1788, on the fact that its flower buds have a characteristic conical cover (the Greek prefix eumeans ‘well’ and Greek kaluptós means ‘covered’).
eucalyptus (n.)
evergreen genus of Australia, 1789, from Modern Latin, coined 1788 by French botanist Charles Louis L'héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800) from Greek eu "well" (see eu-) + kalyptos "covered" (see Calypso); so called for the covering on the bud.
实用例句
1. There were birds twittering in the eucalyptus trees.
桉树上鸟儿在吱吱喳喳地叫。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Eucalyptus oil is good for easing muscular aches and pains.
桉树油可以很好地缓解肌肉的疼痛.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Likewise, certain angiosperms, for example, some Eucalyptus species, will present few seed harvesting problems.
同样某些阔叶树种, 例如一些桉树类, 采种的问题不多.
来自辞典例句
4. The sweet gum, sour gum, and some Australian eucalyptus trees are gum trees.
甜胶树 、 酸胶树和一些澳大利亚的尤加利树都是产树胶的树.
来自辞典例句
5. The sweet gum gum , and some Australian eucalyptus trees are gum trees.
