单词 | rolling weed |
释义 | > as lemmasrolling weed rolling weed n. chiefly North American = tumble-weed n. at tumble- comb. form 1. ΚΠ 1861 N. A. Woods Prince of Wales in Canada & U.S. x. 310 On a breezy day hundreds and thousands of these large rolling weeds may be seen in all directions tumbling swiftly across the huge expanse of land. 1913 C. C. Woods Beauty Meadow & Mountain xviii. 266 The wind was strong and irregular, and sent the rolling weed bounding over the field. 2005 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 27 Jan. a14 Blown every which way..like the rolling weeds that furnish a classic backdrop of futility and decay for Hollywood westerns. < as lemmas |
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