grass

英 [ɡrɑːs] 美 [ɡræs]

• n. 草；草地
• vt. 喂(草)；(以草)覆盖；告发

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]草,牧草

   various kinds of common wild low-growing plants of which the thin green leaves and stalks are eaten by cattle, horses, sheep, etc.

2. [C]禾本科植物

   any species of this plant (including, in botanical use, cereals reeds and bamboos)

3. [U]草地,草坪,牧场

   ground covered with grass; lawn; pasture

4. [C]告密者

   person who informs the police of criminal activities and plans

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 草，青草，牧草
2. 草地，草坪
3. 牧地，牧场，草场
4. 【植】禾本科植物
5. <俚>大麻
6. 生菜
7. 向警方告密的人

v. 动词

1. 使长满草，在...上种草，用草覆盖某物，在...撒草种，给…铺上草皮
2. 长草，长满草，被草覆盖
3. <美>使吃草，放牧，喂（草）
4. 告密，告发，当告密者，背叛，出卖，（罪犯）向警察交待同伴罪行
5. 在牧场上吃草
6. 摊在草上晒

英英释义

Noun:

1. narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay

2. German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)

3. a police informer who implicates many people

4. bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle

5. street names for marijuana

Verb:

1. shoot down, of birds

2. cover with grass;

   "The owners decided to grass their property"
   

3. spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach

4. cover with grass

5. feed with grass

6. give away information about somebody;

   "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The grass was wet with dew.
   草被露水打湿了。
2. Father was cutting the grass, and meanwhile mother was planting roses.
   父亲在剪草,母亲在种玫瑰。
3. We play football on the grass.
   我们在草地上踢足球。
4. She sat down on a tuft of grass.
   她坐在一小块草地上。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They put out their horse to grass every day.
   他们每天把马放出去吃草。
2. The cows were turned out to grass.
   牛被放出来吃草。
3. The hut was made of poles covered with grass mats.
   茅屋用木杆搭成，上面以草席覆盖。
4. Whitman writes about how grass covers the world and feeds us.
   惠特曼描写草如何覆盖这个世界并喂养了我们。
5. Mike must have grassed on us.
   麦克一定告发了我们。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. Cattle eat grass.
   牛吃草。
2. Sheep live on grass.
   羊靠青草生活。
3. The grass is in need of cutting.
   这草需要割了。
4. The air was full of butterflies, a sweet fragrance rose from the wild grass.
   空中蝴蝶飞舞,野草散发着芳香。
5. We sat down on the dry grass with our backs to the wall.
   我们坐在干草上,背倚着墙。
6. The snake glided smoothly through the tall grass.
   那条蛇轻快地从草丛中穿过。
7. My clothes were damp from walking in long grass.
   在高高的草中行走,我的衣服都湿了。
8. They need evergreen grass to dot the square.
   他们需要常绿的草点缀广场。
9. Beneath them the earth was naked of grass.
   在他们脚下是寸草不生的土地。
10. The rain had cleared the air, and the grass smelt fresh and sweet.
    雨后空气洁净,草地散发出清新芬芳的气息。
11. He studies grasses.
    他研究禾本科植物。
12. He hid behind some high grasses.
    他躲在一些高大的禾草后面。
13. What you see in the paddy field is a grass.
    你在稻田里看见的是一种草。
14. This kind of grass grows apace.
    这种草长得很快。
15. There was an attractive arrangement of dried grasses in the vase.
    瓶里插了一些很好看的干草。
16. Keep off the grass.
    勿踩草坪。
17. People who walk on the grass are liable to a fine.
    在草坪上行走要受罚。
18. Half of the farm is grass.
    这个农场的一半是草地。
19. He was once a professional grass.
    他曾是一个靠告密为业的人。
20. The grass has tipped off everything to the police.
    那个眼线已把所有情况都告诉了警察。
21. Those people are smoking grass.
    那些人正在吸大麻。
22. It is evident that the mayor is inclined to keep in touch with the grass roots.
    显然,这位市长愿意时刻和基层保持接触。

经典引文

• Her treading would not bend a blade of grasse!

  出自： Jonson

• The ewes starve Milkless, for want of the new grass.

  出自： R. S. Thomas

• The gardeners were beginning to grass down the front.

  出自： T. Hardy

• The vegetable plots...were grassed in years ago.

  出自： C. Thubron

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

as green as grass

少不更事,无生活经验 too young, having no experience

cut one's own grass

自食其力 live depend on oneself

put out to grass

退休,不再从事工作 no longer work
put sb out to grass
Some of these old judges are nearly 80, you know; it's time they were put out to grass!

你知道,这些年事已高的法官中有的已经近80岁,他们该退休了!

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• clean up the grass 清除杂草
• crawl through the grass 爬过草地
• cut the grass 修剪草坪
• dry grass 把草晒干
• eat up grass 吃光草
• feed on grass 以吃草为生
• keep off the grass 不践踏草地,谨慎小心
• live on grass 靠草生活
• smoke grass 吸大麻
• study grass 研究禾本科植物

形容词+～

• attractive grass 引人注目的草地
• common grass 公共的牧场
• dewy grass 带着露水的草
• dried grass 晒干的草
• flowering grass 开花的草
• fresh grass 新鲜的草,嫩草
• green grass 青草
• hardy grass 劲草
• high grass 高草
• nice grass 好草地
• tall grass 高草
• tender grass 娇嫩的草
• various grass 各种草
• wet grass 湿草
• wild grass 杂草
• withered grass 枯草
• young grass 小草

～+名词

• grass roots 基层,基层群众,基础

介词+～

• be at grass 在放牧中,闲着
• in the grass 在草丛中
• on the grass 在草地上
• sit on the grass 坐在草地上
• over the grass 草地上

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. grass的基本意思是“草”,指各种草的总称,通常长有绿色的叶子,可以被牛、羊等动物食用的草,也可指铺设草坪用的草,还可指一片长满草的区域,即“草地,草坪,牧场”。grass还可用于指“禾本科植物”,此时多用来指不同种类的“草”。有时, grass还可指向警察告密的人(自己往往是罪犯),即“告密者”。引申可指“大麻”“基层群众”。
2. grass作“草”“草地,牧场”解时多用作不可数名词,而作“禾本科植物”解时多用作可数名词。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

grass, herb, weed

• 这三个词的共同意思是“草”。其区别是：
• grass指有益的草,如可供马、牛、羊等牲畜吃的牧草或人们铺设草坪用的草; weed指妨碍其他植物良好生长的杂草。例如:
• She spent the whole afternoon pulling up the weeds in the flowerbeds.她花了整整一个下午拔去花坛中的杂草。
• herb则指做药或香料的草。例如:
• No herb will cure love.相思病无药可治。

下面两个短语意思相反:

• let the grass grow under one's feet 让时间白白浪费
• let no grass grow under one's feet 不浪费时间

下面两句含义有所不同:

• She is sitting on the grass.
• 她坐在草中。(草长得矮,她可以被看见)
• She is sitting in the grass.
• 她坐在草中。(草长得高,她无法被看见)

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自中古英语的gras，意为草。

近反义词

【近义词】

• pasture 牧场
• lawn 草坪
• meadow 草地
• sward 草地
• pasturage 畜牧
• pot 罐
• vegetation 植物
• herbage 草本（总称）...
• marijuana 大麻
• verdure 翠绿
• turf 草皮
• give away 赠送
• snitch 告密者
• betray 背叛
• inform 通知
• squeal 用长而尖的声音说...
• blow the whistle 告发(停下来)...
• sneak 偷偷摸摸做
• grassland 牧场
• informant 通知者
• informer 告发者
• traitor 叛徒
• squealer 声响指示器
• narc <俚>缉查麻药的刑警...
• eatage 青草
• gage 抵押品
• Mary Jane <俚>大麻
• shit 表示愤怒、厌恶等的感叹词...
• sess 会议 (=session...
• forage 粮草
• denounce 谴责
• dope 毒品
• weed 杂草
• smoke 烟
• Sens 桑斯（法国城市名）...
• rat 变节者
• locoweed 疯草
• stag 只准男子参加的...
• tell on 影响到 ...
• skunk 臭鼬
• shop 商店
• supergrass 线人