People say that when gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of fashion. 人们说,要是荆豆过了花期,那接吻也就不合时尚了。
On either side, the brambles clambered over heather and gorse,② laden with clusters of fruit, ripe for picking; a riot of black and green, purple and yellow. 路的两边,树莓攀附在石南花和金雀花之上,挂满了串串果实,果子已经熟透,就待采摘了;黑色和绿色,紫色和黄色,编织成一片缤纷色彩。
gorse
[ noun ] very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe <noun.plant>
Gorse \Gorse\, n. [OE. & AS. gorst; perh. akin to E. grow, grass.] (Bot.) Furze. See {Furze}.
The common, overgrown with fern, and rough With prickly gorse. --Cowper.
{Gorse bird} (Zo["o]l.), the European linnet; -- called also {gorse hatcher}. [Prov. Eng.]
{Gorse chat} (Zo["o]l.), the winchat.
{Gorse duck}, the corncrake; -- called also {grass drake}, {land drake}, and {corn drake}.
Furze \Furze\, n. [OE. firs, As. fyrs.] (Bot.) A thorny evergreen shrub ({Ulex Europ[ae]us}), with beautiful yellow flowers, very common upon the plains and hills of Great Britain; -- called also {gorse}, and {whin}. The dwarf furze is {Ulex nanus}.
The Mourne Mountains towered above, their foothills streaked with yellow gorse.