| 单词 | grasslands |
| 释义 | grass1 /gräs/noun
ORIGIN: OE gærs, græs; ON, Du and Gothic gras, Ger Gras; prob related to green1 and grow grassˈer noun
grassˈiness noun grassˈing noun Bleaching by exposure on grass grassˈless adjective grassˈ-like adjective grassˈy adjective Covered with or resembling grass, green grassˈbird noun
grass box noun A receptacle attached to some lawnmowers to catch the grass cuttings grass carp noun A breed of fish, native to the South China Sea, imported into other areas to control various kinds of weed which it eats in great quantities grass characters see grass style below. grass cloth noun A name for various coarse cloths (rarely made of grass), esp rami grassˈcloth plant noun The plant (rami) grass court noun A grass-covered tennis court grassˈ-cutter noun
grassˈ-green adjective
grassˈ-grown adjective Grown over with grass grassˈhook noun Another name for sickle1 grassˈhopper noun
grasshopper mind noun A mind which is desultory or unable to concentrate on any one object for long grasshopper warbler noun A songbird (Locustella naevia) whose song resembles a grasshopper's stridulation grassˈland noun Permanent pasture grass line noun A sisal rope, used on boats, that floats on the surface of the water (also grass rope) grass moth noun A small light-coloured moth that frequents grass, a veneer-moth grass of Parnassus see under Parnassus grassˈ-oil noun A name for several volatile oils derived from widely different plants, some of them grasses grassˈ-plot noun A plot of grassy ground grassˈquit noun Any of various small tropical American songbirds of the finch family grassˈ-rooter noun grassˈ-roots plural noun (orig US)
adjective Of, belonging to or appealing to the grass-roots grass rope see grass line above. grass sickness noun A disease of the bowels affecting horses grass snake noun The harmless common ringed snake grass style noun A form of Chinese calligraphy in which the shapes of characters (grass characters) are greatly simplified for artistic effect grass tree noun An Australian plant (genus Xanthorrhoea) with shrubby stems, tufts of long wiry foliage at the summit, and a tall flower-stalk, with a dense cylindrical spike of small flowers grass widow noun A wife temporarily separated from or deserted by her husband grass widower noun grassˈwrack noun Eelgrass go (or be put out) to grass
grass (someone) up (slang) To inform on (someone) hear the grass grow
let the grass grow under one's feet To loiter or linger, and so lose one's opportunity |
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