| 单词 | mown |
| 释义 | mown (once / 11151 pages) adj When grass or other plants are mown, they're trimmed or cut. A field of mown hay is a common sight in the countryside in the fall. After you start up the lawn mower and cut your grass, you can describe your lawn as mown. For many people, the smell of mown grass brings back memories of childhood summers. Crop fields that are planted in the spring are often mown by the end of the growing season. Mown and the related verb mow come from the Old English word mawan, "to mow," from a Germanic root. WORD FAMILYmown: unmown USAGE EXAMPLESAnother picture from a 1933 book shows a church and its clergymen being mown down by a massive tractor adorned with a hammer and sickle. The Guardian(Oct 31, 2016) All that is there now are empty patches of green grass, which the state is still paying to have mown until the last residents leave. Seattle Times(Oct 27, 2016) —Will all 18 greens be mown each day. Golf Digest(Sep 21, 2016) adj (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine the smell of newly mown hay Syn|Ant cut new-mown newly mown uncut, unmown (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine |
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