(noun.) the petals or sepals of a flower that bend downward (especially the outer perianth of an iris).
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双语例句
Peggotty comes up to make herself useful, and falls to work immediately. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
Nine-tenths of them wear nothing on their heads but a filmy sort of veil, which falls down their backs like a white mist. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
All I mean to say is, I shall give myself no particular trouble to catch them; but if one falls in my way---- You'll snap him up, of course. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
She falls from the lowermost stair, and is swallowed up in the gulf. 查尔斯·狄更斯.艰难时事.
But when it is perceived that each idea signifies the quality of mind expressed in action, the supposed opposition between them falls away. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Finally practice falls of necessity within experience. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
To Ph?nicians after the falls of Tyre and Carthage, conversion to Judaism must have been particularly easy and attractive. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Then she screams wery loud, and falls into 'sterics; and he smokes wery comfortably till she comes to agin. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
After the water has done its work on the wheels it falls into a tunnel and is carried back to the river below the falls. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
Whatever falls out, say nothing; and do what he bids you. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
I have counted the hours of her life, said he; one month, and she falls. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
The price of the goods rises, and the final payment of the tax falls upon the consumer. 亚当·斯密.国富论.
I don't deny that she do throw us back-falls, and that she do drop down upon us heavy. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
I suspect, said Elinor, that to avoid one kind of affectation, Edward here falls into another. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
When the finger is removed, the mercury falls somewhat, leaving an empty space in the top of the tube. 伯莎M.克拉克.科学通论.