n.
- （青）草；牧草[U][C]
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- 草地；草坪；牧地[U]
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They are sitting on the
grass.
他們坐在草地上。
- 【植】禾本科植物[P1][U]
- 【俚】大麻[U]
vt.
- 【美】使吃草，放牧
- 使長滿草；在……上種草[（+over）]
vi.
- 長草
片語
as green as grass
- 幼稚的
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When she left school and started her first job, she was
as green as grass.
她走出校門剛開始工作時非常幼稚。
let the grass grow under one's feet
- 浪費時間
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I want this work done quickly, so don't
let the grass grow under your feet!
趕緊辦完這件事，別浪費時間了！
put/turn out to grass
- 解僱
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My uncle's been
put out to grass and now has nothing to do all day.
我叔叔被解僱了，現在整天無所事事。
辨析
n.
- vegetation consisting of short plants with long narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture.
▸ground covered with grass.
- a plant with jointed stems and spikes of small wind-pollinated flowers, predominant in such vegetation.
[Family Gramineae: many species.]
- informal cannabis.
- Brit. informal a police informer.
v.
- cover with grass.
-
(often grass on)
Brit. informal inform the police of criminal activity or plans.
- land (a fish).
- chiefly Rugby & Australian Rules knock down.
Phrase
Derivative
- grassless adj.
- grass-like adj.
Etymology
OE græs, of Gmc origin; ult. rel. to green and grow. The sense ‘police informer’ is perh. rel. to C19 rhyming sl. grasshopper ‘copper’.
