rose

1. Rose is the past tense of . rise的過去時

2. N-COUNT A rose is a flower, often with a pleasant smell, which grows on a bush with stems that have sharp points called thorns on them. 玫瑰花

She bent to pick a red rose. 她彎下腰摘了一朵紅玫瑰。

3. N-COUNT A rose is a bush that roses grow on. 薔薇

Prune rambling roses when the flowers have faded. 花兒已經凋謝了的時候，脩剪那些淩亂的薔薇。

4. COLOR Something that is rose is reddish pink in colour. 玫瑰色 (的)[文學性]

...the rose and violet hues of a twilight sky. …這種紫紅色的微明天空。

5. V to make rose-coloured; cause to blush or redden 使···變成玫瑰色

6. PHRASE If you say that a situation is not a bed of roses, you mean that it is not as pleasant as it seems, and that there are some unpleasant aspects to it. 盡如人意

We all knew that life was unlikely to be a bed of roses back in Nebraska. 我們都知道廻到內佈拉斯加生活不太可能盡如人意。