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weeds

英 [wiːdz] 美

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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

中低频词

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。

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。

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。

4. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.: 花园里杂草丛生。

5. If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.: 如果不加以遏制，杂草就会疯长。