grass
英[grɑ?s]
美[ɡr?s]
- n. 草；草地，草坪
- vt. 放牧；使……長滿草；使……吃草
- vi. 長草
- n. (Grass)人名；(法、德、俄、瑞典、英)格拉斯
詞態變化
復數:?grasses;第三人稱單數:?grasses;過去式:?grassed;過去分詞:?grassed;現在分詞:?grassing;
中文詞源
grass 草
來自PIE*ghre, 生長，變綠，詞源同grow, green.
英文詞源
- grass
- grass: [OE] Reflecting its status as the commonest and most obvious of plants (and, for agricultural communities, the most important), grass etymologically simply means ‘that which grows’. It comes from *grō-, *gra-, the prehistoric Germanic base which also produced grow (and green). This gave the noun *grasam, from which German and Dutch get gras, Swedish gr?s, and English grass.
=> graze, green, grow - grass (n.)
- Old English gr?s, g?rs "herb, plant, grass," from Proto-Germanic grasan (cognates: Old Norse, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German, German, Gothic gras, Swedish gr?s), from PIE *ghros- "young shoot, sprout," from root *ghre- "to grow, become green" (related to grow and green, but not to Latin gramen).
As a color name (especially grass-green, Old English gr?sgrene) by c. 1300. Sense of "marijuana" is recorded by 1932, American English. The grass skirt worn by people native to tropical regions is mentioned by 1874; the warning to keep off the grass by 1843 (in New York City's Central Park). Grass-fed of cattle, etc., (opposed to stall-fed) is from 1774.
雙語例句
- 1. I let the horse drop his head to crop the spring grass.
- 我讓馬低下頭啃吃春天的青草。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.
- 窗戶外邊是一塊草地，高高的草隨風搖擺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Mr Zuma had a solid reputation as a grass roots organiser.
- 作為一個民眾的組織者，祖瑪先生名聲甚佳。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The most recent tenants hadn't even cut the grass.
- 上一撥房客連草都沒有修剪。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. You have to join the party at grass-roots level.
- 你得參加基層黨組織。
來自柯林斯例句