Word · Frequency #22259
bluebell
蓝铃花
a plant with blue, bell-shaped flowers that is sometimes placed in the genus Scilla
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Various flowering plants with blue, usually pendulous, flowers.
多种开蓝色通常下垂花的植物的统称。
风铃草；草原蓝铃花；多种开蓝色通常下垂花的植物的统称。；开蓝色铃状花的植物
In use
In spring, the woodland floor is covered with bluebells.
She picked a bluebell and put it in a small vase on her desk.
The garden path was lined with bluebells that swayed in the breeze.
bluebells bloom in [season/place]
bluebell 常以复数 bluebells 泛指这一类花。
Bluebells bloom in early spring.
蓝铃花在早春开花。
a carpet of bluebells
a carpet of ... 用来形容某处开满大片花朵的景象。
The woods are covered in a carpet of bluebells.
树林里遍地都是蓝铃花，像铺了一层花毯。
bluebell + noun
bluebell 作定语时用单数，如 bluebell woods 指蓝铃花盛开的林地。
We went for a walk through the bluebell woods.
我们穿过长满蓝铃花的树林散步。
Common mistakes
In spring, the woods are full of bluebell.In spring, the woods are full of bluebells.
bluebell 是可数名词，表示复数意义时必须加 -s 变为 bluebells。中文没有明显的复数标记，学习者容易漏掉词尾。
She picked a blue bell from the garden.She picked a bluebell from the garden.
bluebell 指“蓝铃花”时是一个合成词，必须连写成一个词；拆成 blue bell 是逐字直译，不符合英语的固定拼写。
Connections
Collocations
- bluebell wood
- 蓝铃花林地
- The bluebell wood is at its best in late April.蓝铃花林地在四月下旬最为美丽。
- bluebell season
- 蓝铃花季
- Bluebell season is short, so plan your visit early.蓝铃花季很短，所以要尽早安排参观。
- carpet of bluebells
- 蓝铃花地毯
- The forest floor was a carpet of bluebells.森林地面遍地都是蓝铃花。
- bluebell walk
- 蓝铃花步道
- We followed a bluebell walk through the woods.我们沿着蓝铃花小径穿过树林。
- bluebell bulbs
- 蓝铃花种球
- Plant bluebell bulbs in a shady spot.把蓝铃花种球种在阴凉处。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想记忆：blue（蓝）+ bell（铃）→ 蓝色铃铛状的小花，想象一串蓝铃铛挂在花茎上。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：botanical field guides、garden writing、wildflower walks bluebell 是中性常用词，泛指开蓝色铃状花的植物；多用于植物图鉴、花园或野外自然观察等书面或说明性语境。实际所指植物因地区而异，阅读时建议根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words fully rhyme with bluebell /ˈbluːbɛl/. Blue shares the initial stressed sound and spelling, while bell shares the final spelling and unstressed sound, but neither rhymes with the whole word. Bluebird, blueberry, bellboy, and doorbell are useful lookalikes with different stress patterns or endings.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.