| 单词 | ribbon bed |
| 释义 | > as lemmasribbon bed ribbon bed n. (a) Geology a bed comprising narrow horizontal layers of rock; (b) a narrow strip of ground planted with flowers, shrubs, etc., in a garden. Π 1855 Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 2nd Ser. 12 255 The two compact beds of yellow magnesian limestone..are very unlike..the ribbon beds and nodules of impure limestone found in the red marls of South Lancashire. 1879 C. M. Yonge Magnum Bonum III. xxxi. 642 Cutting scarlet geraniums in the ribbon beds. 1909 Times 14 Aug. 10/1 We may have..helped rock-gardening to replace ribbon beds and floral mosaics. 1995 Palaios 10 62/2 An upward thinning of bedding both within the ribbon-beds and between the ribbon and nodular beds. 2003 Canad. Gardening (Nexis) Jan. An intricately designed carpet bed..displayed the latest hybrid annuals, bulbs... A less labour-intensive substitute is a ribbon bed of tightly planted annuals, which was also popular at the time. < as lemmas |
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