词组 | grass |
释义 | 1. 一般为不可数名词,但指“某种草”时为可数名词: There is no grass beside the road. ( 不可数) The lawn contained a mixture of grasses. ( 可数) 2. 用 grass 表示“这山比那山高”,可以说: The grass is greener elsewhere. The grass is always greener on the other side. The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. grassland,lawn,meadow,prai- rie,pasture,savanna 这组词都有“草地”的意思。 1. grassland 既可以指“放牧的草原”,也可以指一般的“草地”或“沼泽草地”。 中国工农红军走过的 “草地”就译成 grassland。 2. lawn 指 “( 修剪得很整齐的 ) 草坪”: the lawns of the campus 3. meadow 也可指“牧场的草原”,但比较具有诗意: Cows were roaming the meadow. 4. prairie 尤指“北美稀树大草原”, “内蒙古大草原”也可叫 prairie。 “星星之火,可以燎原”曾译成 A single spark can start a prairie fire. 5. pasture 主要指“放牧的草地”: The cows are grazing on the pas- ture. 6. savanna 主要指“热带、亚热带草原”: Find a good map to help your team locate the savannas in Afri- ca. |
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