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Meaning of 藻

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藻
Pinyin: zǎo
English Definition: aquatic grasses; elegant
Chinese Definition:
①古代刻在玉上或画在衣裳上的水藻花纹。
②古代垂在冕上用以穿玉的五彩丝绦。
Total strokes: 19; Radical: 艸
Pictophonetic:澡 indicates the sound; 艹 (grass) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿱ Above to below
Similar Characters: 蕩 燥 操 躁 澡 噪
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Example Words
藻类 zǎo lèi algae
海藻 hǎi zǎo seaweed; marine alga; kelp
螺旋藻 luó xuán zǎo spiral algae; spirulina (dietary supplement)
词藻 cí zǎo rhetoric; flowery language
辞藻 cí zǎo rhetoric
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Example Sentences
1
中国藻华泛滥早已
“
臭名远扬
”
。
China is notorious for its algae blooms.
2
就像广泛种植的抗农达大豆一样
,
这样的藻可以抵抗农达除草剂
。
Like the widely grown Roundup Ready soybeans, these algae are resistant to the herbicide Roundup.
3
他们发现
,
藻华产生的某种物质
(
非微胱氨酸
)
对鱼的内分泌有影响
。
They found that something released by algae, other than microcystins, had an endocrine disrupting effect on the fish.
4
居民们说曾引进的可以大大减少水藻生长的食藻银鲤今年也死了
。
Residents say algae-eating silver carp introduced with great fanfare this year have died.
5
一个全新的环保主义远胜于为清理赛艇海域的毒藻而付出的巨大努力
。
Heroic efforts to remove toxic algae blooms from the rowing course do not amount to a new environmentalism.