| 单词 | weed |
| 释义 | weed (wiːd ) Word forms: weeds , weeding , weeded 1. countable noun A weed is a wild plant that grows in gardens or fields of crops and prevents the plants that you want from growing properly. ...a garden overgrown with weeds. 2. variable noun Weed is a plant that grows in water and usually forms a thick floating mass. There are many different kinds of weed. Large, clogging banks of weed are the only problem. 3. verb If you weed an area, you remove the weeds from it. Caspar was weeding the garden. [VERB noun] Try not to walk on the flower beds when weeding or hoeing. [VERB] weeding uncountable noun She taught me to do the weeding. 4. uncountable noun [also the N] People sometimes refer to tobacco or marijuana as weed. [informal] Two and a half years ago I gave up the evil weed. Phrasal verbs: weed out phrasal verb If you weed out things or people that are useless or unwanted in a group, you find them and get rid of them. He is keen to weed out the many applicants he believes may be frauds. [VERB PARTICLE noun] A small group of neo-Nazis have infiltrated the ranks. We must weed them out as soon as possible. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Translations: Chinese: 野草, 除草 Japanese: 雑草, 草取りをする |
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