/'ɔ:kɪd; `ɔrkɪd/
(also orchis / 5R:kIs; `RrkIs/) n
1 plant, usu with flowers of unusual shapes and brilliant colours, having one petal larger than the other two 兰科植物
*Many kinds of wild orchid are becoming rare. 很多种野生兰越来越罕见了.
2 one of these flowers (usu expensive to buy) 兰花
*She wore a single orchid on her evening dress. 她在晚礼服上缀着一朵兰花.

n[C]

[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Modern Latin;Origin: orchis, from Greek, 'testicle, orchid'; because of the shape of its roots]
a plant that has flowers which are brightly coloured and unusually shaped