喜樂美語

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A patch of land beside a house where grass, flowers, and plants are grown and cared for, and where people can sit or play.

可以想成：房子旁邊那塊種著草、花和植物、可以坐著或玩耍的地。它有兩個關鍵：一是『被圈起來、有人照料的一塊地』，二是『…更多收起可以想成：房子旁邊那塊種著草、花和植物、可以坐著或玩耍的地。它有兩個關鍵：一是『被圈起來、有人照料的一塊地』，二是『上面長著栽種的植物』。所有其他用法——專門的小花圃、對外開放的大植物園、地名、甚至動詞『做園藝』——都是從這塊有人打理的綠地長出來的。

原始詞典資料15 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Gardenname

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    A surname.

Gardenname

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    obsoleteslangCovent Garden in London, England, or its theatre or market.

gardennoun/ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/

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    An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

    • flower garden; herb garden; rose garden; vegetable garden
    • […] I ſuppoſe the North ſide of the water to be the beſt ſide for your garden, that it may haue the comfort of the South Sunne to lye vpon it and face it, and the dwelling houſe to bee aboue it, to defend the cold windes and froſts both from your herbes, and flowers, and early fruits.
  • 2

    An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

    • You can spend the afternoon walking around the town gardens.
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    An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

    • garden party; garden path; garden spade
    • The garden parties of pre-1914 were something to be remembered. Everyone was dressed up to the nines, high-heeled shoes, muslin frocks with blue sashes, large leghorn hats with drooping roses. There were lovely ices […] with every kind of cream cake, of sandwich, of éclair, and peaches, muscat grapes, and nectarines.
  • 4

    An outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food or ornamental purposes.

    • butterfly garden; wild bird garden
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    The grounds at the front or back of a house.

    • This house has a swimming pool, a tent, a swing set and a fountain in the garden.
    • We were drinking lemonade and playing croquet in the garden.
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    A road, street, or similar thoroughfare, which sometimes occupies a former garden.

    • 32 Windsor Gardens.
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    cartomancyhuman-sciencesmysticismThe twentieth Lenormand card.

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    A cluster; a bunch.

    • Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family.
另外 1 個記錄的用法
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    slangPubic hair or the genitalia it masks.

    • Blow on my garden [speaking of her genitalia], so the spices of it may flow out. Let my Beloved come into His garden [her pubic area] and eat His pleasant fruits.
    • N.B. From a commentary on Song of Solomon 4:16, which was written in Hebrew c. 950 BC; book footnotes are shown here within brackets. Many scholars disagree with this Biblical interpretation, which is included as evidence of the word's usage in 1995 rather than the intended meaning of Biblical Hebrew גַּן (gan) in 950 BC.

gardenverb/ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/

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    To grow plants in a garden; to create or maintain a garden.

    • I love to garden—this year I'm going to plant some daffodils.
  • 2

    ball-gamescricketgamesOf a batsman, to inspect and tap the pitch lightly with the bat so as to smooth out small rough patches and irregularities.

  • 3

    slangTo smoke marijuana.

gardenadj/ˈɡɑː.d(ə)n/

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    Common, ordinary, domesticated.

    • In that case, the thing was mere plain or garden robbery.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。