| 单词 | grove |
| 释义 | grove (once / 422 pages) n A grove can be an orchard or a clump of trees that doesn't have much undergrowth and occupies a contained area, like an orange grove or a small shady grove of oak trees where you can have a picnic. You wouldn't call a forest or a large woods a grove — that's too big. And you wouldn't call two or three trees a grove either — that's too small. A grove is somewhere in between. You'll often hear the word refer to a group of trees cultivated by humans, often for commercial purposes, such as an apple grove planted to supply produce to grocery stores. WORD FAMILYgrove USAGE EXAMPLESHalfway to their destination — a Holiday Inn in Elk Grove, Calif. — they asked Avila to turn up the music, he said. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) Silicon Valley saw a giant depart in Andrew S. Grove, who led the semiconductor revolution at Intel. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) And maybe the computer elite here will continue to grow and prosper, and I am only channeling my inner Andy Grove. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1n a small growth of trees without underbrush Hyper forest, wood, woods the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area 2n garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth Syn|Hypo|Hyper orchard, plantation, woodlet apple orchard a grove of apple trees lemon grovea grove of lemon trees orange grovegrove of orange trees peach orcharda grove of peach trees garden a plot of ground where plants are cultivated |
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