sward
noun /swɔːd/
/swɔːrd/
[countable, uncountable] (literary)- an area of grass
草地;草皮 - Some sat on the ground, others danced on the green sward.
一些人坐在地上,另一些人在绿色的草地上跳舞。
词源Old English sweard ‘skin’. The sense ‘upper layer of soil’ developed in late Middle English (at first in phrases such as sward of the earth). - Some sat on the ground, others danced on the green sward.