英语词汇“weed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

weedweed1 /wid/ ●●○ S3 noun

ETYMOLOGYweed¹

Origin: Old English weod

1[countable] science, biology a wild plant growing where it is not wanted, that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing as they should: Come help me pull weeds in the garden. → see also seaweed2[uncountable] slang marijuana3spring/sprout up like weeds to start appearing in large numbers4the weed old-fashioned cigarettes or tobacco [Origin: Old English weod] → see also grow like a weed at grow (1)

noun | verb

weedweed2 verb [intransitive, transitive]

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

to remove unwanted plants from a garden or other placeweed somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb to get rid of people or things that are not very good: Unsuitable recruits were soon weeded out.