a container made of glass, etc., used for holding cut flowers or as an attractive object 花瓶;装饰瓶 a vase of flowers 一瓶花
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesb1A silver vase stood on the mantelpiece. 一只银质花瓶摆放在壁炉台上。 Greek vase paintings 希腊花瓶画 a vase of fresh flowers 一瓶鲜花 flowers arranged in a vase 插在花瓶里的花
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- flower
- china
- crystal
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- break
- shatter
- smash
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- be filled with something
- contain something
- hold something
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- painter
- painting
- in a/the vase
- vase of
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, from Latin vas ‘vessel’.