lawn
英 [l??n]
美[l?n]
- n. 草地；草坪
- n. (Lawn)人名；(緬)朗
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詞態變化
復數:?lawns;
中文詞源
lawn 草坪，草地
來自古英語laune,詞源同land,荒野，土地。后該詞用來指荒野，雜草地，現指草坪，草地。
英文詞源
- lawn
- lawn: English has two words lawn. ‘Grassy area’ [16] is ultimately the same word as land. It is an alteration of an earlier laund ‘glade’, which came from Old French launde ‘heath’, a borrowing from the same prehistoric Germanic source as produced English land. Lawn was originally used for ‘glade’ too, and it was not until the 18th century that its present-day meaning emerged. Lawn ‘fine linen or cotton’ [15] probably comes from Laon, the name of a town in northern France where linen was formerly manufactured.
=> land - lawn (n.1)
- "turf, stretch of grass," 1540s, laune "glade, open space between woods," from Middle English launde (c. 1300), from Old French lande "heath, moor, barren land; clearing" (12c.), from Gaulish (compare Breton lann "heath"), or from its Germanic cognate, source of English land (n.). The -d perhaps mistaken for an affix and dropped. Sense of "grassy ground kept mowed" first recorded 1733.
- lawn (n.2)
- "thin linen or cotton cloth," early 15c., probably from Laon, city in northern France, a center of linen manufacture. The town name is Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, of Celtic origin.
雙語例句
- 1. The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.
- 窗戶外邊是一塊草地，高高的草隨風搖擺。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He remembered mowing the lawn, lounging around the swimming pool.
- 他還記得修剪草坪、在泳池邊閑蕩的情景。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.
- 你可以參加南邊草坪上的槌球游戲。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. He continued to mow the lawn and do other routine chores.
- 他繼續剪草坪，并做些其他日常雜務。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.
- 草地網球協會暫停了卡斯爾先生在英國隊的職務。
來自柯林斯例句