Pulling out the plants you did not plant. In a garden, weeds are whatever grows where you don't want it — grass in the flower bed, vines through the fence — and weeding is the slow work of removing them, usually by hand or with a small tool.

Pulling out the plants you did not plant把你沒有種的植物拔掉. In a garden在花園裡, weeds are whatever grows where you don't want it雜草就是長在你不想要它長的地方的植物 — grass in the flower bed像花圃裡的草, vines through the fence或穿過籬笆的藤蔓 — and weeding is the slow work of removing them而weeding就是把它們清除掉的這種慢工作, usually by hand or with a small tool通常用手或小工具

It is the -ing form of the verb weed, and it works both as an ongoing action ("she was weeding the vegetable patch") and as a name for the job itself ("weeding takes me all Saturday").

It is the -ing form of the verb weed它是動詞weed的-ing形式, and it works both as an ongoing action可以表示正在進行的動作 ("she was weeding the vegetable patch")（「她在為菜園除草」）, and as a name for the job itself也可以當成這件工作本身的名稱 ("weeding takes me all Saturday")（「除草要花我一整個星期六」）

You can weed a place (weed the garden) or weed out the unwanted things (weed out the dandelions). That second pattern, "weed out", has grown far past gardening: companies weed out weak applications, a coach weeds out players who don't turn up. Same picture — remove what doesn't belong so the good ones have room.

You can weed a place你可以weed一個地方 (weed the garden)（weed the garden）, or weed out the unwanted things或是weed out不要的東西 (weed out the dandelions)（weed out蒲公英）. That second pattern, "weed out"第二種用法「weed out」, has grown far past gardening已經遠遠超出園藝的範圍了: companies weed out weak applications公司會weed out比較弱的申請者, a coach weeds out players who don't turn up教練會weed out不出席的球員. Same picture畫面是一樣的 — remove what doesn't belong so the good ones have room把不屬於這裡的去掉，讓好的有空間

Librarians even use "weeding" for taking old books off the shelves. The tone is plain and everyday, a bit tiring, a bit satisfying.

Librarians even use "weeding" for taking old books off the shelves圖書館員甚至會用「weeding」來說把舊書從書架上淘汰掉. The tone is plain and everyday這個字的語感很平常、很日常, a bit tiring, a bit satisfying帶點累人，也帶點滿足感