The flowers’ white petals contrast handsomely with their lemon-yellow cups.

【cup】这种花的白色花瓣和浅黄色花萼形成悦目的对比。

The young Negro girls wear them for earrings, pressing the mucilaginous calyxes against the dark lobes of their ears.

年轻的黑女孩戴上它耳环， 将粘液状的花萼压在她黑色的耳垂上。

Her little hands were clasped, and enclosed by Sir James's as a bud is enfolded by a liberal calyx.

她的小手紧紧地握着，被詹姆斯爵士的手围住，就像花蕾被宽的花萼包裹着一样。

All this bubbling of sap and slipping of sheaths and bursting of calyxes was carried to her on mingled currents of fragrance.

所有这些冒泡的汁液、滑落的鞘和爆裂的花萼都在混合的香气中被带到她身边。

And she was charming to see, with her eyes, in which trembled a tear, like the rain of a storm in a blue corolla.

她的模样令看了心醉，眼睛里含着哆嗦的泪珠，好像蓝色的花萼里蕴藏着暴风雨遗留下来的水珠。

The flowers are carved jewels, strangely solid of calyx, made of polished carnelian that opens out, not into petals, but a bright fluted mouth.

奇特的是坚固的花萼， 由抛光的玛瑙制成， 打开时不是花瓣， 而是一个明亮的凹槽嘴。

" Poor dear Dodo — how dreadful" ! said Celia, feeling as much grieved as her own perfect happiness would allow. Her little hands were clasped, and enclosed by Sir James's as a bud is enfolded by a liberal calyx.

“可怜的亲爱的渡渡鸟——多么可怕啊”！西莉亚说，她感到自己的完美幸福所允许的悲伤。她的小手紧握在一起，被詹姆斯爵士的手紧紧握住，就像花苞被宽的花萼包裹着一样。