Middle English, from Old English clafre, clæfre "clover," from Proto-Germanic *klaibron (cognates: Old Saxon kle, Middle Low German klever, Middle Dutch claver, Dutch klaver, Old High German kleo, German Klee "clover"), which is of uncertain origin.
Klein and Liberman write that it is probably from West Germanic *klaiwaz- "sticky pap" (see clay), and Liberman adds, "The sticky juice of clover was the base of the most popular sort of honey." First reference in English to the suposed luck of a four-leaf clover is from c. 1500. To be in clover "live luxuriously" is 1710, "clover being extremely delicious and fattening to cattle" [Johnson]. Four-leaf clover attested from 1845.
雙語例句
1. Since winning the lottery, they've been living in clover.
中獎之後, 他們過著舒適優裕的生活.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Herds are fattening on the early clover.
家畜吃早春的苜蓿而上膘.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. Clover was founded in January 1973.
Clover公司1973年成立.
來自互聯網
4. He inherited his father's fortune and has lived like a pig in clover ever since.
他繼承了他父親的財產,生活極為奢侈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Grass and clover seed should be sown at a depth of 12 - 20 mm.