仙人掌
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English
- cactus
- cactus; a plant with spines and thick stems (usu. found in deserts)
粵語 — Cantonese
- 沙漠植物,通常有刺同埋厚嘅莖用嚟儲水(量詞:樖/盆)
Examples
生活就像是舔仙人掌上的蜂蜜。
Life is like licking honey off a cactus.
Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY
你的嘴唇軟綿綿的,就像仙人掌的表皮一樣。
Your lips are soft like the surface of a cactus.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
這兩個民族都以鹿、小型獵物、囓齒動物甚至昆蟲為生,但他們的主要食物來源可能是仙人掌、牧豆和山核桃等植物。
Both peoples lived off deer, small game, rodents, and even insects, but their main food sources were probably plants such as prickly pear cactus, mesquite beans, and pecan.
Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk