lawn
noun /lɔːn/
/lɔːn/
- enlarge image[countable] an area of ground covered in short grass in a garden or park, or used for playing a game on
草坪；草地 - In summer we have to mow the lawn twice a week.
夏天我们每周得修剪草坪两次。 - The hotel boasts two tennis courts and a croquet lawn.
那家酒店拥有两个网球场和一个槌球草坪。 - They served afternoon tea on the lawn (= a large area of grass, near a big house, for example).
他们在草坪上提供下午茶。
Topics Gardensc1- The cottage sits on a hill above a sweep of lawn.
村舍坐落在小山上，下面是一片连绵的草地。 - The lawn really needs mowing.
草坪真需要修剪了。 - a carefully tended lawn
经仔细护理的草坪 - the correct way to maintain a lawn
维护草坪的正确方法 - They walked across the lawn towards the river.
他们穿过草坪走向河边。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- manicured
- neat
- well-tended
- …
- cut
- mow
- trim
- …
- In summer we have to mow the lawn twice a week.
- [uncountable] a type of fine cotton or linen cloth used for making clothes
上等细棉布（或麻布）
词源sense 1 mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect laund ‘glade, pasture’, from Old French launde ‘wooded district, heath’, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.sense 2 Middle English: probably from Laon, the name of a city in France important for linen manufacture.