| 释义 |
weed1 /wēd/ noun- Any useless plant of small growth
- Any plant growing where it is not wanted, esp amongst cultivated plants
- Any wild herb (often in combination, as in bindweed, hogweed, knapweed)
- A thick growth of wild herbs
- A plant growing in fresh or salt water (usu in combination, as in pondweed, seaweed, waterweed)
- Anything useless, troublesome or obnoxious
- A worthless animal
- A weak, ineffectual or unmanly man (derogatory)
- (often with the) tobacco or a cigar or cigarette (informal)
- Marijuana (slang)
transitive verb- To clear (a garden, etc) of weeds
- To remove, uproot (weeds, etc) (often with out)
- To identify and remove (something or someone inferior, unwanted, etc) from a group or collection (usu with out)
intransitive verb To uproot weeds ORIGIN: OE wēod a herb weedˈed adjective weedˈer noun weedˈery noun A place full of weeds weedicide /wēˈdi-sīd/ noun A chemical weedkiller weedˈiness noun weedˈing noun - The task or process of clearing ground of weeds
- What is weeded out
weedˈless adjective weedˈy adjective - Weed-like
- Full of weeds
- Lanky, ungainly or weakly in appearance
- Of insipid character
weedˈ-grown adjective Overgrown with weeds weedˈing-chisel, -forceps, -fork, -hook, -tongs, etc noun Garden implements of varying forms for getting rid of weeds weedˈkiller noun A chemical preparation or other substance for killing weeds |