grass

英 [grɑ?s] 美[ɡr?s]

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復(fù)數(shù):?grasses;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?grasses;過(guò)去式:?grassed;過(guò)去分詞:?grassed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?grassing;

grass 草

來(lái)自PIE*ghre, 生長(zhǎng)，變綠，詞源同grow, green.

grass: grass: [OE] Reflecting its status as the commonest and most obvious of plants (and, for agricultural communities, the most important), grass etymologically simply means ‘that which grows’. It comes from *grō-, *gra-, the prehistoric Germanic base which also produced grow (and green). This gave the noun *grasam, from which German and Dutch get gras, Swedish gr?s, and English grass.
=> graze, green, grow
grass (n.): Old English gr?s, g?rs "herb, plant, grass," from Proto-Germanic grasan (cognates: Old Norse, Old Saxon, Dutch, Old High German, German, Gothic gras, Swedish gr?s), from PIE *ghros- "young shoot, sprout," from root *ghre- "to grow, become green" (related to grow and green, but not to Latin gramen).

As a color name (especially grass-green, Old English gr?sgrene) by c. 1300. Sense of "marijuana" is recorded by 1932, American English. The grass skirt worn by people native to tropical regions is mentioned by 1874; the warning to keep off the grass by 1843 (in New York City's Central Park). Grass-fed of cattle, etc., (opposed to stall-fed) is from 1774.

2. The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.: 窗戶外邊是一塊草地，高高的草隨風(fēng)搖擺。

3. Mr Zuma had a solid reputation as a grass roots organiser.: 作為一個(gè)民眾的組織者，祖瑪先生名聲甚佳。