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a camellia
camellia 是可数名词，表示单株时用 a/an。
A camellia can brighten a winter garden.
一株山茶花能给冬日的花园增添光彩。
山茶；山茶花
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
山茶；山茶花
a shrub or small evergreen tree with white, pink, or red flowers
A camellia can brighten a winter garden.
一株山茶花能给冬日的花园增添光彩。
山茶属植物,原产亚洲的灌木或小乔木；山茶(C. japonica)为常见观赏植物,茶树(C. sinensis)为制茶植物。
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
有单独白色、粉色或红色花的灌木或小型常绿树
any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers
The camellia in our garden blooms in early spring.
我们花园里的山茶花在早春开花。
She planted a white camellia next to the front door.
她在前门旁种了一棵白山茶。
Camellias need well-drained soil and some shade.
山茶花需要排水良好的土壤和一点遮阴。
camellia 是可数名词，表示单株时用 a/an。
A camellia can brighten a winter garden.
一株山茶花能给冬日的花园增添光彩。
复数形式 camellias 泛指多株或这一类植物。
Camellias need well-drained soil.
山茶花需要排水良好的土壤。
用 the + 单数可指整个物种。
The camellia produces colorful flowers.
山茶开出色彩鲜艳的花朵。
Not this
There are many camellia in the garden.
Use this
There are many camellias in the garden.
camellia 是可数名词，表示多株或多朵山茶时要用复数形式 camellias；中文名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Not this
I like camellia very much.
Use this
I like camellias very much.
泛指某一类可数事物时，英语通常用复数可数名词（camellias），而中文没有复数概念，容易直接使用单数形式。
Not this
The camelia in the pot has white flowers.
Use this
The camellia in the pot has white flowers.
camellia 的正确拼写是 c-a-m-e-l-l-i-a，中间有两个 l；这个单词源自植物学家 Georg Kamel 的拉丁化姓氏，注意不要漏写一个 l。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
山茶花
The camellia flower blooms in late winter.
山茶花在冬末开花。
山茶灌木
They planted a camellia bush by the front door.
他们在前门旁种了一棵山茶灌木。
山茶油
Camellia oil is often used for cooking and skincare.
山茶油常用于烹饪和护肤。
山茶花园
We visited a beautiful camellia garden in spring.
春天我们参观了一座美丽的山茶花园。
山茶花瓣
The camellia petals covered the path.
山茶花瓣铺满了小径。
她被称为茶花女。
The heroine of Dumas's novel always wore a camellia, so people gave her that name.
小仲马小说中的女主人公总是戴着一朵山茶花，所以人们这样称呼她。
Use camellia naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：山茶花也可以美丽呀，camellia 听起来像“可美丽呀”，记住这种花和它的美。
语域：neutral 常见场景：gardening、floristry、botany 该词通常指山茶花或山茶树，多用于园艺、花卉描写及植物学叙述中，属于中性用词。
这些词都只是拼写相似（多以 -ia 或 -ea 结尾），并不与 camellia /kəˈmiːljə/ 真正押韵。注意各自的读音：azalea /əˈzeɪliə/、magnolia /mæɡˈnoʊliə/、begonia /bɪˈɡoʊniə/、gardenia /ɡɑːrˈdiːniə/、wisteria /wɪˈstɪriə/ 的重读元音各不相同，不要按拼写类推读音。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.