A cowslip is a small wild plant that grows in Europe. In spring it holds up bunches of sweet-smelling yellow flowers. It is a cousin of the primrose, and it likes old grassland.

A cowslip is a small wild plant that grows in Europe cowslip是一種生長在歐洲的小型野生植物. In spring it holds up bunches of sweet-smelling yellow flowers春天時它會撐起一叢叢香甜的黃色花朵. It is a cousin of the primrose它是報春花的近親, and it likes old grassland喜歡生長在古老的草地上.

The name looks like “cow” plus “slip,” and students sometimes picture a cow falling over — though actually that is not the story. The old second half meant a sticky mess, like dung; the flower was named for the cow-mucky meadows where it grew. Another flower, the oxlip, is named in the same pattern.

The name looks like “cow” plus “slip,”這個名字看起來像cow加slip, and students sometimes picture a cow falling over學生有時候會想像一頭牛滑倒 — though actually that is not the story不過事實上不是這麼回事. The old second half meant a sticky mess, like dung後半段的舊字原本指像糞便一樣黏黏的東西; the flower was named for the cow-mucky meadows where it grew這種花是因為長在牛糞遍布的草地上而得名. Another flower, the oxlip另一種花oxlip, is named in the same pattern也是用同樣的方式命名的.

You will meet cowslip in countryside writing, garden books, and older poems. It is not a plant of Taiwan, so the English name may be new even if you already know other yellow spring flowers.

You will meet cowslip in countryside writing, garden books, and older poems你會在鄉間題材的文章、園藝書和較舊的詩裡看到cowslip這個字. It is not a plant of Taiwan這不是台灣的植物, so the English name may be new even if you already know other yellow spring flowers所以就算你已經認識其他黃色的春天花朵，這個英文名字可能還是很陌生.