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Vegetation means plants — all of them together, as one mass, covering a place. You use it when you care about the plants as a covering or a habitat rather than as individual plants: the vegetation on a , dense jungle vegetation, the vegetation that grows back after a fire.
Vegetation means plants vegetation 的意思是植物 — all of them together全部加在一起, as one mass當作一整片, covering a place覆蓋著某個地方. You use it你會用這個字 when you care about the plants as a covering or a habitat當你在意的是植物作為覆蓋物或棲地, rather than as individual plants而不是個別的植物: the vegetation on a hillside像山坡上的植被, dense jungle vegetation濃密的叢林植被, the vegetation that grows back after a fire火災後重新長出來的植被
It is uncountable, and it has no picture of beauty in it; 'flowers' or 'greenery' sound pleasant, but 'vegetation' is neutral and slightly scientific. You meet it most in geography, biology, news reports and travel writing.
It is uncountable這是不可數名詞, and it has no picture of beauty in it而且沒有美感的畫面; 'flowers' or 'greenery' sound pleasant「flowers」或「greenery」聽起來很悅耳, but 'vegetation' is neutral and slightly scientific但「vegetation」是中性、稍微帶點科學味的. You meet it most in geography, biology, news reports and travel writing你最常在地理、生物、新聞報導和旅遊寫作裡遇到它
Because it sounds technical, using it in casual talk about your garden would sound odd — you would say 'the plants' or 'the weeds'. Note that it never means vegetables: vegetation is what grows wild on the land, not what you eat for dinner.
Because it sounds technical因為聽起來很技術性, using it in casual talk about your garden如果拿來在閒聊裡講你家花園 would sound odd會顯得怪 — you would say 'the plants' or 'the weeds'你會說「the plants」或「the weeds」. Note that it never means vegetables要注意，它從來不是指「蔬菜」: vegetation is what grows wild on the land vegetation 是指野生長在地上的東西, not what you eat for dinner不是你晚餐要吃的東西
組成From Latin vegetare 'to grow, to enliven' plus the ending -ation, which turns an action into a thing. Literally 'the growing stuff'.
同家族的字
- vegetablesame Latin veget- root, but narrowed to the plants we eat
- vegetatethe verb from the same root
- vegetariansame root
原始詞典資料4 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。
vegetationnoun/ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/
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Plants, taken collectively.
- There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
- Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat.
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medicinepathologysciencesAn abnormal mass on an endocardial surface, especially a heart valve, composed chiefly of fibrin and platelets and often containing microorganisms.
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datedmedicinepathologysciencesAn excrescent, verrucous or fibrinous growth on a mucosal or epithelial surface.
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The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
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。