cactus meaning in English
n.
(pl. cactuses, cacti )
1.【植物；植物学】仙人掌科植物。
2.〔美俚〕沙漠。
Examples
- We carefully avoid a field of cacti .
我们小心地避开一片沙漠。 - I grow orchids , chrysanthemums , lilies and cactuses .
我种兰花，菊花，百合花和仙人掌。 - The landscape was bare except for the odd cactus .
那片地上除了偶见的仙人掌以外，什么都没有。 - He was never able to grow a cactus that could live in desert climates and provide food for animals .
他一直没有培育出能够在沙漠地带生长并能为牲畜食用的仙人掌。 - Southwestern u.s is desert and semidesert, sparely covered with giant cactus and low shrubs, hot in the day and cold at night .
美国的西南部是沙漠和半沙漠，零星散布着一些巨大的仙人掌属植物和低矮的灌木，白天很热，晚上很冷。