单词	grass
释义	grass1 noungrass2 verb grassgrass1 /ɡrɑːs $ ɡræs/ ●●● S2 W2 noun Entry menu MENU FOR grassgrass1 in fields and gardens2 the grass3 drug4 criminal5 the grass is greener (on the other side)6 not let the grass grow under your feet7 put somebody out to grass Word Origin WORD ORIGINgrass Origin: Old English græs Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I wouldn't inform on you -- I'm no grass. Please keep off the grass. wild grasses EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Bulbs for naturalising in grass are usually sold in bulk, sometimes in mixtures. Early next morning, before breakfast, they crossed the grass leaving a dark trail of foot prints in the dew. Grama grasses are what the fifty million buffalo ate. I sat down in the long grass, puzzled to understand my weakness. Others were milling around on the grass to no apparent purpose. There was shorter grass up here, and the ground curved -. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who gives information to the police► informer/informant someone who is part of or closely connected with a criminal organization but who secretly tells the police about its activities: · An informer had warned police about the bombing.police informer/informant: · The three men were released on condition that they became police informants. ► grass British informal someone who secretly gives the police information about someone who is responsible for a crime, in return for money, when this seems disloyal: · I wouldn't inform on you -- I'm no grass. ► nark especially British, informal /narc especially American, informal someone who is friendly with criminals and who secretly tells the police about their activities, especially activities involving illegal drugs: · I wouldn't trust that new guy - I think he's a narc. ► stool pigeon especially American a criminal who helps the police to trap other criminals by telling the police about a crime that is going to take place: · How could he ever live with himself after being a stool pigeon? ► source someone who gives information to the police, a newspaper etc, especially someone who does not want their name to be known: · It's the first duty of a journalist to protect his or her sources (=not say who they are).· Our source informed us that there was a possibility of another attack the following week, possibly in the central London area. WORD SETS► Crime abet, verbaccusation, nounaccuse, verbaffray, nounarson, nounassault, nounassault and battery, nounbackhander, nounbattery, nounbigamy, nounblack market, nounblack marketeer, nounbreak-in, nounbreaking and entering, nouncaper, nouncapital, adjectivecarjacking, nouncat burglar, nouncontract, nouncosh, nouncounterfeit, adjectivecounterfeit, verbcover, nouncrack, verbcriminal, adjectivecriminal, nouncriminal law, nouncriminal record, nouncriminology, nouncrook, nounculpable, adjectiveculprit, noundefamation, noundefraud, verbdelinquency, noundelinquent, adjectivedelinquent, noundesperado, noundisorderly, adjectivedrug baron, noundrug runner, nounDUI, nounembezzle, verbexpropriate, verbextort, verbeyewitness, nounfelon, nounfelony, nounfence, nounfiddle, nounfiddle, verbfiddler, nounfilch, verbfinger, verbfire-raising, nounfirst offender, nounflash, verbflasher, nounforge, verbforger, nounforgery, nounfoul play, nounframe, verbframe-up, nounfratricide, nounfraud, nounfreebooter, noungang, noungang-bang, noungang rape, noungangster, nounGBH, noungenocide, noungetaway, noungodfather, noungrand larceny, noungrass, noungrievous bodily harm, nounheist, nounhijack, verbhijack, nounhijacking, nounhit, nounhit-and-run, adjectivehit man, nounincriminate, verbindecent assault, nounindecent exposure, nouninfanticide, nounjob, nounjoyriding, nounjuvenile delinquent, nounkidnap, verblarceny, nounlibel, nounlibel, verblibellous, adjectivelow life, nounmafioso, nounmalpractice, nounmanslaughter, nounmassacre, nounmassacre, verbmatricide, nounmisappropriate, verbmisconduct, nounmisdeed, nounmisdemeanour, nounmobster, nounmoll, nounmug, verbmugshot, nounmurder, nounmurder, verbmurderer, nounmurderess, nounmuscleman, nounnark, nounnefarious, adjectiveneighbourhood watch, nounnick, verbno-go area, nounoffence, nounoffend, verboffender, nounold lag, nounorganized crime, nounoutlaw, nounparricide, nounpatricide, nounpetty larceny, nounPhotofit, nounpiracy, nounplant, verbpoach, verbpoacher, nounpossession, nounprivateer, nounprotection, nounprowl, verbprowler, nounpublic nuisance, nounpull, verbpunk, nounpurloin, verbraid, nounram-raiding, nounrape, verbrape, nounrapist, nounravish, verbreceiver, nounreceiving, nounrecidivist, nounregicide, nounring, nounringleader, nounriotous, adjectiverob, verbrobber, nounrobbery, nounroll, verbrustler, nounscheme, nounscheme, verbshady, adjectiveshoplift, verbshoplifting, nounslander, nounsmuggle, verbsnout, nounspeeding, nounstabbing, nounstalking, nounstatutory offence, nounstatutory rape, nounsteal, verbstoolpigeon, nounsupergrass, nounsuspect, nounswag, nountheft, nounthief, nounthievish, adjectivetorch, verbtraffic, nountrafficker, nountriad, noununder-the-counter, adjectiveunderworld, nounundesirable, nounvagrancy, nounvandal, nounvandalism, nounvandalize, verbvice, nounvigilante, nounvillainy, nounviolate, verbviolation, nounwanted, adjective Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meanings 1 & 2verbs► cut the grass · The grass in the back garden needs cutting. ► mow the grass (=cut it with a special machine)· I usually mow the grass once a week. adjectives► green · The cows moved slowly through the long green grass. ► tall/long · I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees. ► short · These mowers only work efficiently on short grass. ► coarse (=consisting of thick and large pieces)· The only vegetation was a few bushes and patches of coarse grass. ► damp/wet · His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell. grass + NOUN► grass clippings/cuttings (=pieces of cut grass)· You can use your grass clippings to start your own compost pile. ► grass stains (=marks on clothing caused by grass)· It's going to be difficult to get the grass stains out of these trousers. ► grass seed · Now is the best time to plant grass seed. ► grass verge British English (=area of grass next to a road)· He stopped the car on the grass verge of the deserted road. phrases► a blade of grass (=a single piece of grass)· A few blades of grass poked out of the dry earth. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► artificial grass · artificial grass tennis courts ► dry grass · There had been no rain and the grass was very dry. ► grass seed · You can sprinkle grass seed over any gaps in the lawn. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► coarse · Conversion to grassland also explains much of the loss of healthy shrubs, coarse grasses, cotton grass and rushes.· There was no food but coarse grass and even the grass was mixed with bitter rushes and docks.· Inland, the hills were fixed now under their carpet of coarse heath grass, gorse and small flowers.· He wanted to idle along the embankments and see the flowers growing in the coarse grass.· They came out of the wood into a bare field where coarse grass lapped limply around their ankles.· It was sewn with coarse grass and carefully mended with leather patches stitched on with the same coarse grass.· The only vegetation was scrubby trees and patches of coarse grass. ► dry · Lastly, put some dry leaves and grasses into the box, filling it about a quarter full.· The prairie seed mix was dry and fluffy-like grass seed.· The wind scored shivering channels through the ling and bilberries, the growth of fine, dry grass.· A flame leapt out unexpectedly, caught on some dry grass, and raced across a half-dead meadow with frightening speed.· He was magnificent, larger even than I had expected, looking almost red against the pale dry grass.· At the top of the banks some thin, dry grass clung to life.· Evening had begun to settle down, and he was walking along a narrow path of dry grass, towards the buildings.· Some dry leaves or grass scattered at the base of the pit will provide the ferret with some comfort. ► green · The green little grasses now tenderly wave O'er the green little chemist's green little grave.· It is exhilarating, like the first glimpse of green grass when entering a baseball stadium.· The warriors always accompany them when they must travel long distances to find green grass.· The tree limbs were covered with leaves and the green grass cushioned the sapphire blue of the sky.· Their presence, particularly under a lawn, is betrayed by the worm casts which are easily spotted between the green grass.· All eyes and ears for greener grass. ► long · Lopped off brambles lay around and the long grass was all trampled.· The cat was creeping stealthily through a patch of long grass towards the foot of the largest tree.· I sat on it and smoked a cigarette before falling asleep in the long grass.· It's water-resistance had a fair testing in long wet grass and stream wading.· This one had not bloomed and its flat spread of leaves was almost hidden under the long grass.· There was a sudden flurry in the long grass.· Bigwig and Hawkbit chased each other through the long grass.· I am here, Lord Frith, I am running through the long grass. ► rough · Now they were stumbling into the front row of people, on to rough grass.· He'd got a small garden fork and he started taking out rough bits of grass from the edge of the drive.· Dougal stepped softly over the rough grass towards the gazebo.· The road, which was narrow, was separated from a low cliff by a stretch of rough grass.· Chill softness brushed his back as he slid into the rough grass.· Good for utility lawns and keeping rough grass under control.· I thrust into rough grass and smoothly penetrated your loamy depths. ► short · This is a large species of eagle owl, hunting the large gerbil that lives on the short grass plains of Serengeti.· Outside, as we drank, the animals grazed in the short grass that blanketed the hills.· There was shorter grass up here, and the ground curved -.· He admired the sycamores, rising like important ideas from pedestrian plots of short grass.· Clippings are easily collected, but these mowers only work efficiently on reasonably short grass.· Just little puffs of sand in the short grass.· The box can be left off when cutting short grass, so that clippings mulch the lawn.· Tired of it all, he sat down on the thin, wet, short grass. ► tall · Water trickled from the brown earth near the roots of the bush and traced a dark line through the tall grass.· Weedy thickets and tall grass grew under occasional trees.· Gazzer crawled up the bank and lay down in the tall grass, pole-axed by fatigue.· Miguel drove into the tall grass with a loud crunch.· The tall, tough grass that covered them ruffled and flattened with the wind, like a cat's fur being stroked.· We thought the nice tall, soft grass behind the berm would be a good place to sleep.· A cricket chirruped suddenly in the tall grass by his ear.· Next to the cemetery was a large pond covered with moss and tall grass crowned with silver blossoms. ► wet · The wet grass glittered and near-by a nut-tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind.· His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell.· It slithered for a few feet on the wet grass.· Bigwig jumped down from the bank into the field and ran in a long curve across the wet grass.· Presently she heard footsteps slipping on the wet grass, and then one of the doors groaned open.· She clasped it, landing at the foot of the dune with her face in the wet grass.· Finlayson half-turned, ducked under the flying bottle, slipped on the wet grass, and fell.· It's water-resistance had a fair testing in long wet grass and stream wading. NOUN► court · The Wimbledon champion has accepted a wild card entry for the grass court event in Halle.· Summer approaches and with it comes the summer grass court season, your chance to see the best players in the world. ► lemon · These have a full complement of hot peppers, lime and lemon grass, as well as rich coconut milk or coconut itself. ► snake · Although I've been looking out for grass snakes, I haven't found one since moving here until today.· A grass snake swimming obligingly from island to bank in full view of watchers. ► verge · Then the vans were manoeuvred on to the grass verge so that the new vehicle could come by.· He thought he must have passed out on the grass verge.· The accident happened on a busy dual carriageway when the transporter hit a grass verge and landed on top of one of the cars.· It hit a grass verge and virtually took off.· The man was standing on the grass verge watching her.· Often it was not, and the grass verge was very much wider on one side than the other.· A battalion of infantry that was marching towards the cabriolet shuffled on to the grass verge.· The car lurched to the right, mounted the grass verge, and ploughed through the safety barrier. VERB► cover · The floor was undulating, covered in grass and a few patches of exposed rock.· My unit was in a large field covered mostly with elephant grass.· If such soil as this is covered in grass, after a few years of grazing it degrades into desert.· Twenty-foot drifts filled the valleys and swales, covering whatever frozen grass was left to eat.· The valley from the hill to the massif was all flat plains covered with elephant grass.· Riker flew to the lone hill covered with tall brown grass and a few small trees.· For the most part, the land was covered with grass. ► cut · The object was further testing of the radiometer using different illumination levels and cut grass subjects.· Mulchers cut and recut the grass clippings so that they virtually disappear within the lawn.· You ask me to cut grass and make hay and sell it and be rich like white men.· The lawn had been freshly cut, some grass raked into piles on the front walk.· We cut grass with a ride-on mower and dead head if not growing for seed.· Quentin Featherston cut the grass of the rectory lawns again.· We won't be able to cut the grass the week after next, as I'd hoped. ► eat · Cattle eat grass, and might therefore be thought of as enemies of grass.· Horses and donkeys eat grass and roots, which we have: tractors eat petrol, which we don't have.· Grazing cattle and sheep eat contaminated grass and plants, while fish eat plankton that has already consumed dioxin-covered microscopic particles.· And please keep your butties to yourself and let the sheep eat grass as nature intended.· A large carthorse stood drowsily eating something in the grass.· Zulfikar Bhutto vowed that if necessary his country would eat grass to build its own bomb.· And the fox and the rabbit were friends and they both ate grass.· Then they became bored, and went back to eating the grass. ► grow · He wanted to idle along the embankments and see the flowers growing in the coarse grass.· You get a little extra for irrigation and you can grow some grass on it.· Plead for their help in working out how to grow grass successfully.· We let the day grow old along the grass.· How do rainfall and the height of land seem to affect the choice of areas where farmers grow grass? ► lie · A broken-off piece of castle lay in the grass nearby.· I lay down on the grass.· Creed tripped over something lying in the grass and even his head-over-heels tumble seemed lazy and unreal.· I felt so bad for this human being lying there in the grass with his life ebbing from him.· She lay on the grass, beside him, and looked up at the blue sky.· I was lying in the grass in front of the house.· I saw him lying in the grass with a set-square and pencil.· When it was hot, we all lay around in the grass and talked about stuff. ► play · That's a real professional, a player who plays all surfaces: grass, clay, hard courts.· Little kids as barefoot as any in 1840 played in the trodden-down grass.· They used to play on grass.· He was forbidden to play on the grass.· An assortment of small children played around the signs that asked them not to play on the grass. ► sit · When the trench was completed Willie sat on the grass to watch the others fix the Anderson shelter inside it.· I sat down on the grass and just started looking around.· I saw them there, and they sat on the grass, and the day was white, and they disappeared.· We were embarrassing each other, so we stopped talking and sat on the sandy grass and smoked a cigarette.· He sits on the grass lacing stiff boots into a wreath of effort and breath.· I sit in the grass at the side of the track, rubbing the skinned ankle.· Setting his spear aside, he sat down on the grass. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► put somebody out to grass► the grass► the grass is greener (on the other side)► not let the grass grow under your feetPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► blade of grass And when he looked at the blades of grass he saw that they were only blades of grass. But every drop that fell contained the promise of another leaf, another blossom, another blade of grass in the spring. Similar lumps had been spread there before, and showed as bleached-out mounds through which a few blades of grass grew. The larvae of red worms crawl up the blades of grass and are eaten by horses. There was not a breath of wind blowing, and not a leaf or blade of grass stirred. They had stripped the lower forest of anything resembling a leaf or blade of grass. ► the grass roots a grassroots campaign The decisions were taken by the party leadership without consulting the grass roots. ► new-mown hay/grass etc 1in fields and gardens a)[uncountable] a very common plant with thin leaves that covers the ground in fields and gardens and is often eaten by animals:  She enjoyed the feel of grass beneath her feet. a blade of grass (=single leaf) b)[countable] a particular kind of grass:  All grasses need light to grow well.2the grass an area of grass, especially an area where the grass is kept cut short:  I walked across the grass. Keep off the grass.3drug [uncountable] informal marijuana4criminal [countable] British English informal someone, usually a criminal, who gives information about other criminals to the police – used to show disapproval SYN  informer, stoolpigeon American English → supergrass5the grass is greener (on the other side) used to say that other places or situations seem better than yours, although they may not really be better6not let the grass grow under your feet to not waste time or delay starting something7put somebody out to grass informal to make someone leave their job because they are too old to do it effectively → grass roots, → snake in the grass at snake1(2)COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbscut the grass· The grass in the back garden needs cutting.mow the grass (=cut it with a special machine)· I usually mow the grass once a week.adjectivesgreen· The cows moved slowly through the long green grass.tall/long· I walked with the tall grass brushing my knees.short· These mowers only work efficiently on short grass.coarse (=consisting of thick and large pieces)· The only vegetation was a few bushes and patches of coarse grass.damp/wet· His foot slipped on the wet grass and he fell.grass + NOUNgrass clippings/cuttings (=pieces of cut grass)· You can use your grass clippings to start your own compost pile.grass stains (=marks on clothing caused by grass)· It's going to be difficult to get the grass stains out of these trousers.grass seed· Now is the best time to plant grass seed.grass verge British English (=area of grass next to a road)· He stopped the car on the grass verge of the deserted road.phrasesa blade of grass (=a single piece of grass)· A few blades of grass poked out of the dry earth. grass1 noungrass2 verb grassgrass2 verb [intransitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE grass Simple Form Present I, you, we, they grass he, she, it grasses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they grassed Present perfect I, you, we, they have grassed he, she, it has grassed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had grassed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will grass Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have grassed Continuous Form Present I am grassing he, she, it is grassing you, we, they are grassing Past I, he, she, it was grassing you, we, they were grassing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been grassing he, she, it has been grassing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been grassing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be grassing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been grassing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I don't trust her -- what if she grasses us up? You grassed on us to save your own life. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Apple trees require plenty of potash and nitrogen, especially if the area is grassed over. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone has done► tell on/tell to tell someone in authority, especially a parent or teacher, about something wrong that someone has done - used by children: · I'm going to tell if you don't stop messing around.· Please don't tell on me -- Mum thinks I've been staying at my friend's house. ► rat on also split on somebody British informal to tell someone in authority about something wrong that someone has done, especially when this seems disloyal: · Can you believe he ratted on his own brother?· Don't worry, Robert's reliable. He won't split on us. ► tell tales British /tattle (on somebody) American if a child tells tales or tattles on someone, they tell a parent or teacher about something another child has done in order to cause trouble: · "Mum, Daniel's broken a plate." "Don't tell tales, dear."· Sarah's teacher told her it was silly to keep tattling on her classmates.· You'll lose all your friends if you keep tattling. ► report to give information about a crime, an accident etc to the police or to someone in authority: · I'd like to report a theft.report something to somebody: · All accidents must be reported at once to the aviation authority.· Many rape victims are too scared to report the attack to the police.report somebody (for something): · A man has been reported for a number of alleged motoring offences. ► inform on to secretly tell the police that someone you know has done something illegal: · Charlotte informed on her brother, who was then arrested for drug-dealing.· He categorically denied that he had ever informed on dissidents. ► grass British informal /squeal American informal to tell the police who is responsible for a crime or illegal activity when this seems disloyal: · When we got there the cops were waiting for us. Somebody must have squealed.grass on: · If the others ever found out he'd squealed on them, they'd kill him.· You grassed on us to save your own life.grass somebody up: · I don't trust her -- what if she grasses us up? ► talk to give the police information about a crime that you know about or are involved in, especially when they are questioning you officially about it: · The suspect was questioned for two hours, but refused to talk.· He said he'd come back and kill me if I talked. ► blow the whistle to let people know about an illegal activity which has been happening for a long time, especially when you have been helping to keep it secret: · He was shot because he knew too much and was about to blow the whistle. blow the whistle about: · It was the factory manager who eventually blew the whistle about the pollution scandal.blow the whistle on: · We'd better get her before she has a chance to blow the whistle on us. ► tip off to give the police or another authority information that will allow them to prevent a crime taking place: tip off somebody: · Somebody must have tipped off the police. They were already waiting at the house.· The alert was started by another inmate who tipped off prison staff.tip somebody off: · I wonder who tipped them off.tip somebody off that: · His contact had not merely tipped him off that drugs were on the premises, he had told him where to look. ► name names to make public the names of people who have done something wrong: · If you don't give me the money, I'm going to start naming names.· Someone -- I won't name names -- has been caught stealing from the stores. ► nark especially British, informal /narc especially American, informal to secretly tell the police or someone in authority about someone else's criminal activity, especially activities involving illegal drugs: · "How'd they get caught?" "Somebody must've narked."nark on: · If things get too risky, Ken'll probably narc on you to the cops. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► artificial grass · artificial grass tennis courts ► dry grass · There had been no rain and the grass was very dry. ► grass seed · You can sprinkle grass seed over any gaps in the lawn. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► over · Apple trees require plenty of potash and nitrogen, especially if the area is grassed over.· Tidy up: A demolition site in a Wear Valley village is to be tidied and grassed over. Phrases PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► blade of grass And when he looked at the blades of grass he saw that they were only blades of grass. But every drop that fell contained the promise of another leaf, another blossom, another blade of grass in the spring. Similar lumps had been spread there before, and showed as bleached-out mounds through which a few blades of grass grew. The larvae of red worms crawl up the blades of grass and are eaten by horses. There was not a breath of wind blowing, and not a leaf or blade of grass stirred. They had stripped the lower forest of anything resembling a leaf or blade of grass. ► the grass roots a grassroots campaign The decisions were taken by the party leadership without consulting the grass roots. ► new-mown hay/grass etc (also grass somebody up) British English informal to tell the police about a criminal’s activitiesgrass on Burton grassed on other prisoners.grass something ↔ over phrasal verb to cover land with grass
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