jasmine

/jaz-min, jas-/US // ˈdʒæz mɪn, ˈdʒæs- //UK // (ˈdʒæsmɪn, ˈdʒæz-) //

茉莉花,栀子花,栀子,茉莉

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any of numerous shrubs or vines belonging to the genus Jasminum, of the olive family, having fragrant flowers and used in perfumery.
- : any of several other plants having similar fragrant flowers, as the Carolina jessamine.
- : a pale-yellow color.

Examples

Potted and hanging plants or even ivy, jasmine or roses grown against a wall are all good choices.
When Jasmine was 13, she, Acebo and her 70-year-old grandmother were living in Acebo’s 993-square-foot childhood home in Hollywood, Florida.
As her lifeblood drained away, so too did any chance for Jasmine having a normal life.
She constantly cried, and rarely slept, meaning Acebo rarely slept, “awakened by Jasmine’s gasping and choking,” the family’s lawyer wrote at the time.
“I will care for her until the day the good Lord takes her home,” said Acebo, a single mother living with her parents when Jasmine, her first child, was born.
Blue Jasmine touched on this a bit, but as a New Yorker, how do you feel about the state of New York City?
All that grows now is a beautiful double jasmine of which I have bowls full every day, and zinnias, ugly and useful.
Barker: I think that Woody was also surprised that Blue Jasmine did as well as it did because it was so dark.
All the flowers which he saw were Hindu: the champa, keora, and jasmine.
Bear with me, but the whole thing had a Blue Jasmine-like quality to it.
Barillet describes the growing of the common jasmine near Constantinople.
Before we got up to go, large wreaths of jasmine were hung round our necks, and small ones round our wrists.
The door opened; a glow of intimate yellow light was diffused over the jasmine and roses, and a woman's figure showed.
The latter is a fragrant yellow-colored water, prepared from gillyflower, jasmine, and flor de mistela (Talinum umbellatum).
Little Emily leaned over her mother for a kiss, then turned to touch caressingly the golden bells of the jasmine.

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Examples

Potted and hanging plants or even ivy, jasmine or roses grown against a wall are all good choices.

When Jasmine was 13, she, Acebo and her 70-year-old grandmother were living in Acebo’s 993-square-foot childhood home in Hollywood, Florida.

As her lifeblood drained away, so too did any chance for Jasmine having a normal life.

She constantly cried, and rarely slept, meaning Acebo rarely slept, “awakened by Jasmine’s gasping and choking,” the family’s lawyer wrote at the time.

“I will care for her until the day the good Lord takes her home,” said Acebo, a single mother living with her parents when Jasmine, her first child, was born.

Blue Jasmine touched on this a bit, but as a New Yorker, how do you feel about the state of New York City?

All that grows now is a beautiful double jasmine of which I have bowls full every day, and zinnias, ugly and useful.

Barker: I think that Woody was also surprised that Blue Jasmine did as well as it did because it was so dark.

All the flowers which he saw were Hindu: the champa, keora, and jasmine.

Bear with me, but the whole thing had a Blue Jasmine-like quality to it.

Barillet describes the growing of the common jasmine near Constantinople.

Before we got up to go, large wreaths of jasmine were hung round our necks, and small ones round our wrists.

The door opened; a glow of intimate yellow light was diffused over the jasmine and roses, and a woman's figure showed.

The latter is a fragrant yellow-colored water, prepared from gillyflower, jasmine, and flor de mistela (Talinum umbellatum).

Little Emily leaned over her mother for a kiss, then turned to touch caressingly the golden bells of the jasmine.