holly

holly — 名詞

1. a small tree or bush that stays green all year. It has dark green, shiny leaves

1.名詞B1
釋義

冬青

葉緣帶尖刺的常綠灌木，結紅色果實

a small tree or bush that stays green all year. It has dark green, shiny leaves with pointed edges, and it produces small red berries. People in many countries use its branches as decoration, especially at Christmas time.

例句

The holly bush in our back garden produces bright red berries every winter.

我們後花園的冬青樹叢每年冬天都會結出鮮紅的漿果。

holly produces / berries in winter

Nikos placed fresh holly branches above the doorframes for the holiday season.

Nikos 在節日期間將新鮮的冬青枝條掛在門框上方。

holly used as Christmas decoration

用法筆記

When referring to the plant itself, holly is countable (a holly, several hollies). When referring to the material or cut foliage used as decoration, it is uncountable (some holly, a wreath of holly).

常見錯誤

❌I hung mistletoe on the wall for Christmas.' (when mistletoe is not what you mean).
✅I hung holly on the wall for Christmas.
💡mistletoe has white berries and is traditionally hung for kissing; holly has red berries and spiky leaves and is used for general decoration.