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- garden [ 'gɑrdn] [ 'gɑːdn]
Collins English-English Dictionary
- garden ['gɑːdən]
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1.
n
[Brit]
an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house yard
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- a garden chair
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3.
n
an area of land used for the cultivation of ornamental plants, herbs, fruit, vegetables, trees, etc
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4.
n
(as modifier)
- garden tools
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5.
n
[often plural]
such an area of land that is open to the public, sometimes part of a park
- botanical gardens
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6.
n
a fertile and beautiful region
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7.
n
(as modifier)
- a garden paradise
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8.
n
[modifier]
provided with or surrounded by a garden or gardens
- a garden flat
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9.
vb
to work in, cultivate, or take care of (a garden, plot of land, etc)
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10.
vb
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French gardin, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German gart enclosure; see
yard 2 (sense 1)
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1.
n
[Brit]
an area of land, usually planted with grass, trees, flowerbeds, etc, adjoining a house yard
Examples
- a formal garden
- 布局整齐的花园 → formal
- garden plot
- 花园地皮 → plot
- A stream flows through the garden.
- 一条小溪流过这个花园。 → through
- In Spring, my garden is always full of bees because of my roses.
- 春天时，我花园里的玫瑰总是引来满园的蜜蜂。 → bee
- Look how swollen is my arm. Yesterday I was sitting in the garden when I got stung by a bee.
- 看我胳膊肿的多厉害。昨天我在花园里坐着时，被蜜蜂蛰了一下。 → bee
- I moved to a new house with a huge garden out back, in a very quiet area of London.
- 我搬到了伦敦一个很安静的地段，新家还带了个很大的后花园。
- The newspaper today said that a man while digging in his garden found a big iron cannon ball, isn't that weird?
- 今天的报纸说，一个人在花园里挖土时发现了一个大号铁质炮弹，这不是很奇怪吗？ → ball
- Behind this wall there is the most beautiful garden I've ever seen.
- 这堵墙的后面有座我平生所见最美丽的花园。
- I buried our pet cat in the garden a few years ago, and you can still see the mark from the shovel.
- 几年前我把我们的宠物猫埋葬在花园里，现在仍可以看到铁铲的印痕。 → mark
- I am looking to lay a path around the pond in my garden.
- 我打算在我花园的池塘周围修一条小路。 → path
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