1flower 花 [countableC]HBPDLG a flower that often has a pleasantsmell, and is usually red, pink, white, or yellow, or the bush that this flower grows on 玫瑰;蔷薇
2.colour 颜色 [uncountableU]CC a pink colour 玫瑰色,玫瑰红
3something is not a bed of roses (also something is not all roses British English) informalPROBLEM if a job or situation is not a bed of roses, it is not always pleasant and there are difficult things to deal with 某事不尽如人意,某事并非事事顺利
It’s no bed of roses teaching in a secondary school.
中学可不好教啊。
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something is not a bed of roses• Our marriage hasn't been a bed of roses.
4.put the roses back in somebody’s cheeksBritish EnglishBrE informalHEALTHY to make someone look healthy again 使某人恢复健康的气色
5.be coming up rosesinformalSUCCESSFUL to be happening or developing in the bestpossible way 一帆风顺
6come out of something/come up smelling of rosesinformal to do well or get an advantage from a situation, when you could have been blamed, criticized, or harmed by it 保持清白
She managed to come out of the deal smelling of roses.
她把自己洗脱得干干净净。
7.for water 供水 [countableC]British EnglishBrEDLGTZ a circular piece of metal with holes in it that is attached to the end of a pipe or watering can so that liquid comes out in several thinstreams 〔水管或洒水壶上的〕莲蓬式喷嘴
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rose• She could see Alison's roses and felt them to be a rebuke.• And thank you for the roses.• Another very successfulcollection of my pictures has been made by a lady who is very keen on yellow roses.
rose bushes• She did not want a small armycamping indefinitely among her flowerbeds and rose bushes.• Then, a little higher, it surprised them, suddenly unveilinggreenpasture and rose bushes with delicate pink blossom.• Inside, the complex is immaculate, with neatly trimmedshrubs and rose bushes lining each building.• But the best were his rose bushes, a type you don't often see now.• I thought the rose bushes were beautiful, too.• I made a picture from the same flowers to show what the rose bushes would yield the following summer.
rose• At the height of the storm it rose about 3m, tearing the vegetation from islands, hurtling through trees.• The scrim rose and the boyrelived his life with them.• Somehow she rose over her excitement, though, and concentrated all she could on the task at hand.• They rose sharply, for example, during the eruption of Monte Nuevo in 1538.• Before him, right there, rose the great bowl of YankeeStadium.