petunia
petunia 英 [pɪ'tjuːnɪə] 美 [pə'tunɪə]
n. 矮牵牛花
名词复数:petunias
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- n. 矮牵牛花
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1. I don’t want to use their real names, so let’s just call them Lavender, Lilac, and petunia.
我不想用她们的真名，姑且分别叫他们莱凡德 莱拉 和 佩妮吧！
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2. According to the report, Mr Ho established a special “petunia Trust” on his daughter's behalf, which she used to fund her investment in the joint venture with MGM Mirage.
根据报告，何鸿燊以他女儿的名义设立了一只特别信托基金，何超琼用在与美高梅建立合资公司上的钱，就来自这只基金。
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3. But luckily, everybody had already forgotten about the whole embarrassing thing. Except maybe Lavender, Lilac, and petunia, who are always whispering and giggling about something or other anyway.
幸运的是，几乎每个人都忘记了那件让人尴尬的事情，除了莱凡德 莱拉 和 佩妮，她们窃窃私语，还不时咯咯笑，不知道在说些什么。
- petunia (n.) 1825, from Modern Latin Petunia (1789), from French petun (16c.), an obsolete word for "tobacco plant," from Portuguese petum, evidently from Guarani (Paraguay) pety. The petunia has a botanical affinity to the tobacco plant. See tobacco.
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