Sedge is a plant that looks like grass but likes wet feet. You find it in marshes, ditches, and along the edges of rivers and lakes.

Sedge is a plant that looks like grasssedge是一種看起來像草的植物 but likes wet feet但喜歡「濕腳」，也就是長在濕地. You find it in marshes, ditches, and along the edges of rivers and lakes你會在沼澤、水溝、還有河邊湖邊看到它

From a distance you might walk past it and think ‘grass,’ but if you roll a stem in your fingers it is often three-sided, not round, and the plant feels tougher, with its own little flower spikes.

From a distance you might walk past it and think ‘grass,’遠遠看你可能會走過去以為是「草」 but if you roll a stem in your fingers但如果你用手指搓一下莖 it is often three-sided, not round會發現它常常是三角形而不是圓的, and the plant feels tougher而且摸起來比較硬, with its own little flower spikes還有自己的小穗狀花序

People who walk wetlands, farmers, and biologists use the word; most city speakers just say grass and never notice the difference. It is an old countryside word, not a fancy scientific one, though scientists do use sedge for a whole family of these wet-ground plants.

People who walk wetlands, farmers, and biologists use the word常走濕地的人、農夫和生物學家會用這個詞; most city speakers just say grass and never notice the difference大多數城市人就只說grass，根本不會注意到差別. It is an old countryside word這是一個古老的鄉間用語, not a fancy scientific one不是什麼高深的科學術語, though scientists do use sedge for a whole family of these wet-ground plants不過科學家也會用sedge來指這整個濕地植物家族

Though actually, it has nothing to do with a sledge (a sled) or a hedge, even though those words sit near it on the page.

Though actually不過其實, it has nothing to do with a sledge (a sled) or a hedge它跟sledge（雪橇）或hedge（樹籬）一點關係都沒有, even though those words sit near it on the page儘管這些字在字典頁面上排得很近