单词	weed
释义	weed1 nounweed2 verb weedweed1 /wiːd/ ●○○ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINweed1 Origin: Old English weod Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Dorothea bent down and pulled weeds out of the garden. Everyone called me a weed when I was at school because I was so bad at sports. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds which smother less competitive, more attractive plants. He spent a whole year bumming from friends, crashing in strange places, selling weed with pals to make his bread. It may even look like a rather pretty weed, but it's still a weed. Nor is genetic engineering the only way weeds become herbicide-resistant. Thesaurus THESAURUS► plant a living thing that has leaves and roots and grows in earth, especially one that is smaller than a tree: · Don’t forget to water the plants.· Plants grow towards the sun.· Botanists examined plant species from around the world. ► herb a small plant that is used to improve the taste of food, or to make medicine: · Sprinkle the dish with chopped fresh herbs.· medicinal herbs (=used as medicine)· The shop sells an interesting range of herbs and spices. ► weed a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly: · She was pulling up weeds in her garden.· Herbicides can be used to prevent and control weeds. ► bulb a root shaped like a ball that grows into a flower or plant: · She planted hundreds of daffodil bulbs. ► shrub a small bush with several woody stems: · flowering shrubs· Rosemary is an evergreen shrub. Longman Language Activatorphysically weak► weak someone who is weak is not strong enough to lift heavy things or do a lot of physical work, especially because they are ill: · When you have flu, you feel tired and weak for a long time.· The child was too weak to undergo a transplant operation.· I can't go running - I've got a weak heart.weak from/with: · The soldiers were weak from hunger and exhaustion.· She felt weak with emotion at the sight of him. ► frail someone who is frail is thin and weak, especially because they are old: · a frail 85-year-old lady· She sat up a little straighter, raising her frail body in the bed. ► feeble not physically strong because of being very young, old, ill etc,: · My grandmother's very feeble now and needs someone at home full-time to look after her.· He did not remember his sister at all, except as a tiny, feeble baby. ► fragile someone who is fragile is so weak and delicate that they look as if they could easily be hurt: · The baby felt so fragile in his arms.· Two ambulance attendants picked up his fragile body and put him carefully onto a stretcher. ► shaky feeling weak in your legs and only able to walk slowly and unsteadily: · Even after the long months of therapy Owen was still very shaky.be shaky on your feet: · Her grandfather was a little shaky on his feet after the fall.shaky steps: · The baby's taken her first few shaky steps. ► puny especially written a man or boy who is puny is small, thin, and looks very weak: · Pete was a puny little boy with short hair and glasses.· His wife was such a big strong woman, she made him look puny. ► weedy British informal a man or boy who is weedy is thin and looks weak: · Mouse got his nickname because he was small and weedy. ► weakling someone, especially a boy or young man, who is weak and is not willing to fight or defend himself: · Most of the kids were weaklings and were frightened of getting in a fight. ► weed British informal someone, especially a boy or young man, who is thin and weak - sometimes used humorously: · Everyone called me a weed when I was at school because I was so bad at sports. WORD SETS► Drug Culture acid, nounaddict, nounaddicted, adjectiveaddiction, nounaddictive, adjectiveamphetamine, nounbong, nouncannabis, nounclean, adjectivecocaine, nouncoke, nouncold turkey, nouncontrolled substance, nouncrack, nouncut, verbdeal, verbdealer, noundesigner drug, noundetox, noundetoxification, noundope, noundope, verbdopehead, noundowner, noundrug, noundrug addict, noundrug baron, noundrug czar, noundrug dealer, noundruggie, noundrug rehabilitation, noundrug runner, nounecstasy, nounfix, nounganja, noungear, nounglue-sniffing, noungrass, nounhallucinogen, nounhallucinogenic, adjectivehard, adjectivehard drugs, nounhash, nounhashish, nounhemp, nounheroin, nounhigh, adjectivehigh, nounhippie, nounhit, nounjoint, nounjunkie, nounline, nounLSD, nounmagic mushroom, nounmainline, verbmarijuana, nounmescaline, nounmethadone, nounmule, nounnarc, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounOD, verbopiate, nounopium, nounoverdose, nounpeddler, nounpep pill, nounpot, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepush, verbpusher, nounrecovery program, nounreefer, nounrehab, nounroach, nounscore, verbshooting gallery, nounsmack, nounsmoke, nounsniff, verbsnort, verbsnort, nounsnow, nounsoft drug, nounsolvent abuse, nounspeed, nounstash, nounsteroid, nounstoned, adjectivestrung-out, adjectivesubstance abuse, nountab, nountake, verbtrafficking, nountrip, nountrip, verbuse, verbwasted, adjectiveweed, nounwithdrawal, nounwithdrawal symptoms, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► weed the garden (=remove unwanted wild plants)· She was outside weeding the garden. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► perennial · First dig out all the perennial weeds.· They may take a week or so to work, but can kill most deep-rooted perennial weeds without being persistent.· You are also turning up the relics of perennial weeds that can be difficult to eliminate later.· New ground should be cleared of perennial weed, removing deep roots of docks, thistles and bindweed. NOUN► control · On weed control for all the plots, the Novartis team had the edge.· Autumn residuals proved critical for good weed control.· It also proved that mistakes with weed control were expensive to rectify later. ► killer · Soil: The favourite growing medium for waterlilies is heavy garden soil that has not been in contact with insecticides or weed killers.· Napalm poured into the villages while weed killers defoliated the countryside.· Use weed killers very selectively, for spot rather than general treatment.· For maximum effectiveness, weed killers and fertilizers should be applied now, says Glenn Hester, a Hidalgo County cotton farmer.· In a typical year, Valley cotton farmers would be in the fields now, applying weed killer and preparing the land. VERB► clear · And so it remained, an eyesore and a danger, although Beth herself regularly cleared the weeds from the path.· New ground should be cleared of perennial weed, removing deep roots of docks, thistles and bindweed. ► grow · You don't have to bother with all this stuff, you just leave it, to grow weeds. ► kill · However, although there was no damage to the crop, the herbicide was almost totally ineffective in killing the weeds.· They may take a week or so to work, but can kill most deep-rooted perennial weeds without being persistent.· Other uses include removing Artex, lifting vinyl floor tiles, killing weeds and sterilising soil, etc.· Among other tips, they suggest a chemical- free way to kill weeds is to use old carpet.· And no herbicides to kill weeds and no pesticides. ► pull · The third woman went to pull a weed in her front yard and a rattler bit her hand. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (widow’s) weeds► like weeds Aerials sprout up like weeds on the roof. Cars were suffocating the roads like weeds. Flavor-of-the-month or program-du-jour comments crop up like weeds. Still, development had sprung up around the edges, like weeds encroaching on a garden. The eggplants flourished, and the next spring more of them popped up all over the garden like weeds. ► the weed 1[countable] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly:  the constant battle against weeds2[uncountable] a plant without flowers that grows on water in a large green floating mass → seaweed3[countable] British English informal someone who is weak:  Nigel’s such a weed, isn’t he?4like weeds in large numbers:  Cars clogged the roads like weeds.5the weed informal cigarettes or tobacco6[uncountable] cannabis7(widow’s) weeds old use black clothes worn by a woman whose husband has died weed1 nounweed2 verb weedweed2 verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE weed Simple Form Present I, you, we, they weed he, she, it weeds Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they weeded Present perfect I, you, we, they have weeded he, she, it has weeded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had weeded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will weed Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have weeded Continuous Form Present I am weeding he, she, it is weeding you, we, they are weeding Past I, he, she, it was weeding you, we, they were weeding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been weeding he, she, it has been weeding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been weeding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be weeding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been weeding Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Among those prickly areas: the use of technology and the process for weeding books and periodicals from the system. Deceased family and friends are honored as their graves are cleaned, weeded, refurbished and painted by family and friends. In particular, men assist more with ploughing as well as with sowing, weeding and harvesting. Suburban communities swiftly expel sleazy politicians and weed out corrupt practices. The idea is that recruits from the towns will weed the crops. The turnover of wild individuals in an established population is a drastic weeding out of animals that are either unfit or unlucky. The women polish the furniture, scrub the kitchen and weed the flowerbeds while Mrs McCormick is gone. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto get rid of someone because you do not like or need them any more► get rid of · New police chief Brody promised to get rid of the city's drug dealers.· The company announced that it will get rid of another 500 workers by the end of the year.· One of the administration's first tasks will be to get rid of many of the officials appointed by the previous president. ► purge if the leaders of a political organization purge a group of people from that organization, they get rid of them because they have political views that they strongly disagree with: · Many radicals were purged from the party in the early seventies.· In the North, Sung systematically purged those whom he considered a threat. ► weed out to find out those people who are not suitable to belong to an organization or group, and get rid of them: · We do have procedures in place to weed out individuals who are corrupt.· The report claimed that there were at least 20,000 inefficient teachers that needed to be weeded out. ► root out to try hard to find out all the people who are not suitable to belong to a particular group or organization, especially when it is not easy to know who they are, and get rid of them: · The Ministry of Health is continuing its efforts to root out incompetent doctors.· At that time, a secret branch of the National Police was involved in rooting out dissidents. ► somebody will have to go also somebody has (got) to go American spoken say this when you no longer want to employ someone: · It's been decided. Murrow will have to go.· "Gates has done nothing but divide this city. He has got to go," said one of the protesters. ► dump informal to end a relationship with a boyfriend or girlfriend: · I think the guy's a jerk. I'm glad Debbie dumped him.· "Why did he dump her?" "He met somebody else." WORD SETS► Gardening allotment, nounannual, nounarbour, nounaspidistra, nounbackyard, nounbarrow, nounbed, nounbillhook, nounbirdbath, nounblackcurrant, nounbloom, nounbloom, verbblossom, nounblossom, verbbonemeal, nounborder, nounbush, nounbusy Lizzie, nouncamellia, nouncane, nouncarnation, nounchrysanthemum, nounclematis, nounclimber, nouncloche, nouncompost, nouncompost, verbconifer, nounconservatory, nouncornflower, nouncrazy paving, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, nouncutting, noundaffodil, noundahlia, nounedge, verbfertilizer, nounfish meal, nounflower, verbflowerbed, nounflowerpot, nounfoliage, nounforget-me-not, nounfork, nounfork, verbfoxglove, nounframe, noungarden, noungarden, verbgarden centre, noungardener, noungardenia, noungazebo, noungeranium, noungerminate, verbgladiolus, nounglasshouse, noungnome, noungraft, noungraft, verbgrass, noungreenfly, noungreenhouse, noungrowbag, nounGrowbag, nounhardware, nounhardy, adjectivehardy perennial, nounheavy, adjectivehedge, nounheliotrope, nounherbaceous border, nounherbicide, nounhibiscus, nounhoe, nounholly, nounhollyhock, nounhoneysuckle, nounhorticulture, nounhose, nounhosepipe, nounhothouse, nounhouseplant, nounhumus, nounhyacinth, nouninsecticide, nouniris, nounivy, nounjasmine, nounkitchen garden, nounlandscape, verblandscape architect, nounlandscape gardening, nounlawn, nounlawn mower, nounlift, verblilac, nounlily of the valley, nounlop, verblush, adjectivemanicured, adjectivemanure, nounmorning glory, nounmow, verbmower, nounmuck, nounmulch, nounmulch, verbnarcissus, nounnursery, nounnurseryman, nounorangery, nounorganic, adjectiveovergrown, adjectiveox-eye, nounpack, verbparterre, nounpatch, nounpeat, nounpeony, nounpergola, nounpesticide, nounpetunia, nounphlox, nounpink, nounplant, verbplanter, nounplot, nounpoinsettia, nounpot, nounpot, verbpot plant, nounpotted, adjectivepotting shed, nounpropagate, verbpropagator, nounprune, verbrake, nounrake, verbrank, adjectiverockery, nounrock garden, nounrose, nounscion, nounsecateurs, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounset, nounshears, nounsickle, nounsnapdragon, nounsod, nounsoil, nounsow, verbspade, nounsprinkler, nounsweet pea, nounsweet william, nountopdressing, nountopiary, nountrain, verbtransplant, verbtrellis, nountrimmer, nountrowel, nounturf, nounturf, verbuproot, verbvegetable, nounwater butt, nounwatering can, nounweed, verbweedkiller, nounweedy, adjectivewheelbarrow, nounwindow box, nounwisteria, nounyard, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► weed the garden (=remove unwanted wild plants)· She was outside weeding the garden. to remove unwanted plants from a garden or other place—weeding noun [uncountable]weed somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb to get rid of people or things that are not very good:  The research will help governments to weed out ineffective aid schemes.
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