rose

1. Rose is the past tense of . rise的过去时

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. 她弯下腰摘了一朵红玫瑰。

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

Prune rambling roses when the flowers have faded. 花儿已经凋谢了的时候，修剪那些凌乱的蔷薇。

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

...the rose and violet hues of a twilight sky. …这种紫红色的微明天空。

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

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. 尽如人意

We all knew that life was unlikely to be a bed of roses back in Nebraska. 我们都知道回到内布拉斯加生活不太可能尽如人意。