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a poppy
poppy 是可数名词，复数形式为 poppies。
She picked a poppy and put it in her hair.
她摘了一朵罂粟花，插在头发上。
罂粟
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罂粟
a plant with showy flowers
She picked a poppy and put it in her hair.
她摘了一朵罂粟花，插在头发上。
罂粟属或罂粟科植物,花瓣皱褶,常为红色,汁液呈乳状且有麻醉性；尤指虞美人(Papaver rhoeas),花橙红色；此类植物的花。
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially a common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
具有艳丽花朵的一年生、二年生或多年生草本植物
annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers
一种带橙色调的亮红色,如同虞美人的花色。
A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
The red poppy is a familiar sight in summer meadows.
红色罂粟是夏季草地上常见的景象。
Farmers in some regions grow poppies for their tiny seeds, which are used in baking.
一些地区的农民种植罂粟，取其细小的种子用于烘焙。
She pressed a dried poppy between the pages of her notebook.
她把一朵干罂粟花夹在笔记本的书页间。
poppy 是可数名词，复数形式为 poppies。
She picked a poppy and put it in her hair.
她摘了一朵罂粟花，插在头发上。
poppies 作主语时谓语动词用复数形式。
Poppies bloomed along the roadside.
路旁开满了罂粟花。
poppy 作定语修饰名词时用单数形式，如 poppy field、poppy seed。
The poppy fields stretched to the horizon.
罂粟花田一直延伸到地平线。
Not this
I bought poppy from the market.
Use this
I bought a poppy from the market.
英语的可数名词在单数形式前需要冠词（a/an），而中文没有冠词系统，所以容易漏掉。加 a 后，“a poppy”才正确表示“一朵罂粟花”。
Not this
There are many poppy in the field.
Use this
There are many poppies in the field.
poppy 是可数名词，many 后要用复数。中文名词没有复数形式，因此容易直接用单数。按规则把 y 改成 i 再加 es，所以复数写作 poppies。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
罂粟花田
We walked through a bright red poppy field in the countryside.
我们走过乡间一片鲜红的罂粟花田。
鸦片罂粟
The opium poppy is the source of several painkillers.
鸦片罂粟是几种止痛药的原料。
罂粟籽
These muffins are topped with poppy seeds.
这些松饼上撒了罂粟籽。
红罂粟
A red poppy stood by the side of the road.
路边长着一株红罂粟。
罂粟纪念日
On Poppy Day, people wear artificial red poppies.
在罂粟纪念日，人们佩戴人造红罂粟。
在佛兰德斯战场，罂粟花在十字架之间一排排随风摇曳。
Every November, people wear red poppies to remember fallen soldiers.
每年十一月，人们佩戴红色罂粟花来纪念阵亡士兵。
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poppy 发音像“泡泡”，罂粟的果荚圆鼓鼓如小泡泡，成熟后爆开撒出种子。
语域：neutral 常见场景：植物学、园艺、医疗、日常描述 该义项（罂粟）为中性常用词，通常用于植物学、园艺或一般描述中；在医学语境中也比较常见。整体无明显正式或非正式色彩，日常和书面场合都比较常见。
以下单词在美式英语中与 poppy (/ˈpɑpi/) 押韵：copy、choppy、sloppy、floppy、soppy，重音都在第一个音节，末尾都是 /pi/。注意 puppy (/ˈpʌpi/) 拼写和 poppy 很像，但元音是 /ʌ/，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.