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daffodil

/ˈdæfədɪl/noun

उच्चारण डैफ़डिल

डैफ़ोडिल, नरगिस (पीला फूल)

Core word

noun
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    a tall yellow spring flower shaped like a trumpet, that grows from a bulb

    डैफ़ोडिल, नरगिस (पीला फूल)

    • Daffodils bloom in the hills of Kashmir in early spring.
    • She brought a bunch of yellow daffodils.
    • The poem describes a field full of golden daffodils.
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    • Daffodils appear in gardens as the cold weather ends.
    • He gave her a bunch of daffodils for her birthday.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

a daffodil / daffodils (countable)

Daffodil is countable; daffodils are often mentioned in the plural, for example a field of daffodils.

Daffodil countable है; daffodils का वर्णन प्रायः plural में होता है, जैसे a field of daffodils।

  • She picked a daffodil from the garden.
  • A field of daffodils waved in the spring wind.

daffodils + bloom / flower / appear

Daffodils bloom or flower early in spring; the verb bloom is the commonest.

Daffodils वसंत के आरंभ में खिलते हैं; सबसे आम क्रिया 'bloom' है।

  • Daffodils bloom early in spring in cooler regions.
  • The first daffodils appeared in March.

daffodil as a colour or symbol

Daffodil is also a yellow colour and a symbol of spring and, in Wordsworth's poem, of joy.

Daffodil एक पीला रंग भी है और वसंत का प्रतीक है; Wordsworth की कविता में यह आनंद का प्रतीक है।

  • The walls were painted daffodil yellow.
  • Wordsworth's poem about daffodils is part of many school syllabuses.

daffodil in the poem 'Daffodils'

Students most often meet the word in Wordsworth's poem; learn it with the words host, golden, dance and flash.

विद्यार्थी इस शब्द से सबसे अधिक Wordsworth की कविता में मिलते हैं; इसे host, golden, dance और flash शब्दों के साथ सीखें।

  • In the poem, the daffodils seem to dance beside the lake.
  • The poet remembers the daffodils when he lies on his couch.
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adjective + daffodil

brightgolden-yellowwildfreshearly

  • Bright daffodils lined the path to the school.

verb + daffodils

plantpickgrowarrangeadmire

  • She planted daffodil bulbs in the autumn.

daffodil + noun

bulbfieldfestivalyellowpoem

  • The daffodil festival draws visitors every April.

a bunch / field of daffodils

a bunch ofa field ofa host ofa vase of

  • A vase of daffodils stood on the teacher's desk.

daffodil + verb

swaynoddancewiltopen

  • The daffodils nodded in the gentle breeze.
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  • In his famous poem, Wordsworth saw a host of golden daffodils.

अपनी प्रसिद्ध कविता में Wordsworth ने सुनहरे daffodils का एक झुंड देखा।

  • Radhika learnt the poem about daffodils for her English exam.

राधिका ने अपनी अंग्रेज़ी परीक्षा के लिए daffodils वाली कविता याद की।

  • Daffodils grow from bulbs that must be planted before winter.

Daffodils उन कंदों से उगते हैं जिन्हें सर्दी से पहले लगाना पड़ता है।

  • The daffodil has a yellow trumpet in the middle of its petals.

Daffodil की पंखुड़ियों के बीच एक पीली तुरही जैसी आकृति होती है।

  • Daffodils do not grow well in the hot plains of India.

भारत के गर्म मैदानों में daffodils अच्छी तरह नहीं उगते।

  • The art teacher asked us to paint a daffodil in watercolours.

कला शिक्षक ने हमसे watercolour में एक daffodil बनाने को कहा।

  • A single daffodil in a glass brightened the whole room.

गिलास में रखे अकेले daffodil ने पूरे कमरे को रौशन कर दिया।

✓In the exam

General knowledge

William Wordsworth's famous poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' is also known as 'Daffodils'.

GK के लिए, William Wordsworth की प्रसिद्ध कविता 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' को 'Daffodils' नाम से भी जाना जाता है।