| 单词 | twitch grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwitch grass twitch grass n. common couch grass, Elymus repens; (also) any of various other rapidly spreading grasses, such as slender foxtail grass, Alopecurus myosuroides, and Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > grasses perceived as weeds > [noun] > couch-grass quitcheOE quicka1400 quicken?c1425 couch-grass1578 twitch1588 twitch grass1588 dog grass1597 sea dog's grass1597 quick grass1617 couch1637 wheat-grass1668 scutch1686 quickenings1762 quicken grass1771 spear-grass1784 squitch1785 witchgrass1790 felt1794 dog-wheat1796 creeping wheat1819 quack1822 switch-grass1840 couch-wheat1884 1588–9 in A. Palmer Tudor Churchwardens' Accts. (1985) 24 Paide..for gatheringe of turfe or twiche grasse of one half acre vid. 1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie ii. viii. 68 It [sc. vsurie] is like twichgrasse, if the least thred of a roote be left, it groweth and spreadeth without measure. 1792 Trans. Soc. Arts 10 109 I sowed twitch-grass and rye-grass. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 19 Sept. 6/1 In some wonderful way, twitch-grass sows itself on fields that were apparently clean. 1973 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Mar. 89/2 The twitch grasses such as coastal bermuda can be grazed heavily. 2000 Saga Mag. Feb. 108/1 His horticultural career ‘started in the Nottingham Parks Department forking twitch grass (what they call couch grass in Scotland) out of iris beds.’ < as lemmas |
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