英语词汇life-everlasting的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

life-everlasting. A New England plant. No native sons need a description of the plant. At the height of summer, life- everlasting lies along pasture slopes and in sunny hollows like patches of snow. Looking closely, the blossoms have a tidy look of artifice, clusters of miniature roses with petals of straw. They seem to demand that something be done with them . . . even though the flowers (of the genus Anaphalis) are used to make bouquets and wreaths. In times past, women filled pillows with them to relieve asthma sufferers.

词汇	life-everlasting
词源	life-everlasting. A New England plant. No native sons need a description of the plant. At the height of summer, life- everlasting lies along pasture slopes and in sunny hollows like patches of snow. Looking closely, the blossoms have a tidy look of artifice, clusters of miniature roses with petals of straw. They seem to demand that something be done with them . . . even though the flowers (of the genus Anaphalis) are used to make bouquets and wreaths. In times past, women filled pillows with them to relieve asthma sufferers.
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