| 词组 | gladiolus |
| 释义 | gladiolus One gladiolus may make for a sparse bouquet, but at least it spares you from having to figure out what to call more than one of them. Do you say gladioli (or is that too stuffy?), gladiolus (too incomplete?), or gladioluses (too awkward?)? Each of these plurals is used and each has its detractors. Happy are those for whom the word is gladiola and the plural gladiolas (though some will say that's a case of ignorance being bliss). Gladioli is the commonest plural of gladiolus and is found in both technical and nontechnical sources. • Plant out more gladioli —New Zealand Jour, of Agriculture, September 1948 • ... sweet corn, gladioli, butter and potatoes —John Cheever, The Wapshot Chronicle, 1957 • ... our misshapen gladioli bulbs —Alexander Fra-ter, Punch, 16 Sept. 1975 • Gladioli, with their rich, varied colors —catalog, Springhill Nurseries, Spring 1987 The plural gladiolus, though not quite as common, also appears in a wide range of sources. • ... begin spraying all Gladiolus when leaves are up four to six inches —The Gladiolus—Supplement, April 1943 • ... the beckoning display of roses in bud, full-blown chrysanthemums, and stately gladiolus —Caron Howe Piatt, Gourmet, November 1981 • Hardy Gladiolus have long been a favorite —catalog, Park Seed Co., Spring 1987 Gladioluses is less common and appears in general periodicals and books but not in technical sources. • ... orange-pink gladioluses —Edmund Wilson, Memoirs of Hecate County, 1946 • ... lilies, gladioluses, dahlias —N. Y. Times, 31 Jan. 1982 The spelling gladiola originated through back-formation when people heard the word gladiolus and thought it was a plural form. Gladiola and gladiolas are relatively uncommon in print but are frequent enough not to be considered misspellings. They appear in general publications only. • ... he had planted what I took to be a gladiola — Nevil Shute, In the Wet, 1953 • ... lush gladiolas, display dahlias —John Updike, Couples, 1968 • ... an arrangement of gladiolas —Patricia Browning Griffith, Harper's, March 1969 One further option in nontechnical contexts is to bypass the whole issue and call the flowers glads. • ... varieties of annuals, dahlias, glads, peonies — Better Homes and Gardens, August 1946 • ... appear at a paramour's door with a bunch of glads and a box of marzipan —Alan Coren, Punch, 10 Apr. 1974 |
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