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词汇 dandelion clock
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Definition of dandelion clock in English:

dandelion clock

noun
British

  • The downy spherical seed head of a dandelion.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • From the grass and dandelion clock (a visual joke) in the background the reader grasps the rabbit as rather larger than normal bunny size: about the size of a toddler or small child, perhaps.
    • His hair is grey and frothy, like a dandelion clock, but he carries his turbulent past and 66 years lightly.
    • Its head looks like a dandelion clock, from which flows a long tail which broadens and splits about a degree or so along its length.
    • But it disappeared quickly, that top layer of irritation, blown away by the sea breezes as easily as the wind blows the fluff from a dandelion clock.
    • Who too has not, as a child, picked a dandelion clock and blown away the seeds while making a wish?

Origin

From the child's game of blowing away the seeds to find out what time it is.
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