Somebody lopped the heads off our tulips.

有人剪掉了我们郁金香的花冠。

Tulips bloomed once in the early spring.

郁金香在早春时节开过一次花。

Tulips didn't bloom frequently like roses.

郁金香没有像玫瑰那样经常开花。

What happened then was a craze for these specialized tulips.

紧接着一场围绕“特色”郁金香的产业狂潮便展开了。

Lilies, tulips and other flowers that love the sun shut for rain.

百合花、郁金香和其他喜欢阳光的花朵会因下雨而合上。

In other words, tulips were literally worth their weight in gold.

换句话说，郁金香的价值相当于黄金的重量。

Tulips are careful not to open their cups very wide in the morning if it is likely to rain.

如果可能下雨，郁金香在早上会小心地不把花萼开得太大。

Tulips actually hail from an area that Chinese call the Celestial Mountains in Central Asia.

郁金香实际上来自位于中亚、中国人称为“天山”的地区。

The first specimens were just plain old red tulips, but they could be bred into some extraordinary variations, like the dark purple tulip.

最初的标本只是普通的古老的红色郁金香，但它们可以被培育成一些不同寻常的变种，比如深紫色郁金香。

Soon tulips were beginning to show up in different colors as growers tried to breed them specifically for colors which would make them even more valuable.

很快，随着种植者们试图培育出更具有价值的颜色，开始有不同颜色的郁金香出现。

Some of the most prized tulips were white with purple streaks, or red with yellow streaks on the petals, even a dark purple tulip that was very much prized.

一些最珍贵的郁金香是白色带紫色条纹的，或红色、花瓣上带黄色条纹的，甚至深紫色的郁金香是非常珍贵的。

On the whole, you may be pretty sure, if you go into your garden, and find many flowers — as tulips, marigolds and morning glories — shut, it will be a stormy day, unfit for picnics or long walks.

总的来说，如果你走进花园，发现郁金香、金盏花和牵牛花都合上了花瓣，你可以肯定，这天将会有暴风雨，不适合野餐或长时间散步。

The tulips had the finest colours.

郁金香有着最好看的颜色。

She waters the tulips every morning.

她每天早晨都给郁金香浇水。

The girl carried the tulips away.

女孩把郁金香带走。

Flaming tulips. Blue roses.

火红的郁金香，蓝色的玫瑰。

was caught up in trades involving tulips.

被卷入了涉及郁金香交易。

Let tulips trust not the warm vernal rain.

让郁金香相信春天的绵绵细雨。

Tulips and green hydrangea are on the table.

桌上放着的是郁金香和绣球花。

I've never seen such big tulips as these ones.

我从来未见过这样大的郁金香。

Maybe tulips or carnations? They'll be cheaper.

郁金香，康乃馨？ 这些便宜多了。

We have just planted some tulips in our backyard garden.

我们刚在我们后院种了一些郁金香。

I would fly to Holland to see the windmills and the tulips.

我要飞到荷兰去看风车和郁金香。

People were buying them, not primarily because they liked tulips.

人们买，主要不是因为他们喜欢郁金香。

Delusions, whether about tulips or Internet stocks, produce bubbles.

无论是对郁金香还是网络股票的错觉都产生了泡沫。

She went to the tulips and began cutting them off, one after another.

她走向郁金香并开始剪下一朵又一朵。