Sagebrush is a small grey-green bush that covers huge dry stretches of the western United States — Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, the high plains. It is woody, low, and smells a little like the sage you cook with, which is why English speakers named it sagebrush.

Sagebrush is a small grey-green bushsagebrush是一種灰綠色的小灌木， that covers huge dry stretches of the western United States覆蓋了美國西部大片乾燥的地區—— Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, the high plains內華達、猶他、懷俄明，還有那些高原。 It is woody, low它是木質的、矮矮的， and smells a little like the sage you cook with聞起來有點像你煮菜用的那個sage（鼠尾草）， which is why English speakers named it sagebrush這也是為什麼英語使用者把它叫做sagebrush。

Though actually, it is not kitchen sage. Kitchen sage is a garden herb; sagebrush is a wild plant of dry country. “Sagebrush country” is a set picture in American English: pale bushes, dust, and a very wide sky.

Though actually不過實際上， it is not kitchen sage它不是廚房用的鼠尾草。 Kitchen sage is a garden herb廚房用的鼠尾草是一種園藝香草； sagebrush is a wild plant of dry countrysagebrush則是乾燥地帶的野生植物。 “Sagebrush country” is a set picture in American English「Sagebrush country」在美式英語裡是一個固定畫面： pale bushes, dust, and a very wide sky蒼白的灌木叢、塵土，還有非常遼闊的天空。

Cowboys, Western films, and geography books use the word as an ordinary nature name, not as science-talk. If you have never seen that land, picture kilometre after kilometre of those dusty bushes, not a jar on a spice rack.

Cowboys, Western films, and geography books牛仔、西部片，還有地理課本， use the word as an ordinary nature name都把這個字當成普通的自然名稱在用， not as science-talk而不是科學術語。 If you have never seen that land如果你沒見過那種地方， picture kilometre after kilometre of those dusty bushes就想像一公里接著一公里那種佈滿塵土的灌木叢， not a jar on a spice rack而不是香料架上的一罐東西。