weeds
英 [wiːdz]
美
- n. 野草（weed的复数形式）；丧服；（悼念用的）黑纱
- v. 清除（weed的第三人称单数形式）；除去杂草；除去无用的东西
中文词源
weeds 衣服
词源同wattle,编织，引申词义衣服。多用于短语widow’s weeds.
英文词源
- weeds (n.)
- "garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds), plural of archaic weed, from Old English wæd, wæde "robe, dress, apparel, garment, clothing," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (cognates: Old Saxon wadi, Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vað "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh-, extended form of root *au- (3) "to weave." Archaic since early 19c.
双语例句
- 1. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.
- 经过反复施用除草剂，杂草得以彻底根除。
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- 2. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.
- 我们匆匆往前走，来到一个野草丛生的院子。
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- 3. Weeds are an index to the character of the soil.
- 杂草是反映土壤特征的一个指标。
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- 4. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.
- 花园里杂草丛生。
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- 5. If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.
- 如果不加以遏制，杂草就会疯长。
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