1.rose的意思是“玫瑰,玫瑰花; 蔷薇”,引申可指“最漂亮的人,令人高兴的事”,是可数名词。
2.the Chinese rose〔the rose of China〕的意思是“月季花”。

not all roses
有困难 having some difficulty
It isn't all roses for him.他的日子不好过。
It is not all roses in rich countries.富国也有自己的难处。

under the rose
秘密地 secretly
Did you know Joe and Alice were married under the rose?—Yes,I had guessed it.你知道乔和艾莉丝秘密结了婚吗?——嗯,我已猜到了。

The roses are blossoming out early.今年的玫瑰开花早。
You do not know what these roses have cost your father.你不知道为了这几朵玫瑰花,你父亲付出了多大代价。
He is pruning roses with a pruning knife.他正用修枝刀修剪玫瑰。
The garden was perfumed with roses.那个花园充满了玫瑰花香。
I want a wallpaper patterned with roses.我要那种绘有玫瑰图案的墙纸。
The spot where the hero fell is now marked with a huge mass of flowers—yellow gladioli, white lilies, pink carnations and red roses.在英雄牺牲的地方,现在种着一大片花作为标志：有黄色的剑兰、白色的百合、粉红色的康乃馨和红色的蔷薇。
Group the roses together.将玫瑰花集中在一起。
The monthly roses will come out soon.月季很快就要开花了。
He is cultivating roses.他在栽培玫瑰。
A vase of roses cheered up the room.一瓶玫瑰花使得房间里生机盎然。
They have bred a new variety of rose with larger flowers.他们培养了能开大花朵的新品种的玫瑰花。
He picked her a rose.他给她采了一朵玫瑰花。
She had pinned a black wild rose in her hair.她头上别了一朵黑色的野玫瑰。
She blushed as red as a rose.她脸红得像朵玫瑰。
What is the best way to harden off new rose bushes only a few inches high?要想使只有几英寸高的玫瑰长壮以移植户外,什么办法最好?
Don't worry about cutting the rose bushes severely, they always grow back, stronger and healthier than ever.不必担心把玫瑰花丛剪得太厉害,花丛还会长起来的,而且会更加茂盛。
He potted up the rose cuttings.他把玫瑰花的插枝种在花盆内。
We call it rose.我们叫它玫瑰。
It's to be remembered that life is not a bed of roses.应当记住,生活中并不是一切都那么如意的。
She was the rose of the party.她是晚会上最漂亮的人。
Some girls are pretty; a few, but very few, are the roses.有些姑娘长得还算好看,但是称得上漂亮的却很少。

［词源］  ＜拉丁语rosa(玫瑰)