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Weed Plant Wiːd Verb Wild Grows Growing Garden

The word "weed" refers to a wild plant that grows where it's not wanted, particularly in gardens or crops. It can also describe aquatic plants that form floating masses. Informally, "weed" can refer to tobacco or marijuana. As a verb, it means to remove unwanted plants from an area, and the phrasal verb "weed out" means to remove or get rid of undesirable people or things.

The word "weed" refers to a wild plant that grows where it's not wanted, particularly in gardens or crops. It can also describe aquatic plants that form floating masses. Informally, "weed" can refer to tobacco or marijuana. As a verb, it means to remove unwanted plants from an area, and the phrasal verb "weed out" means to remove or get rid of undesirable people or things.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]杂草;野草 A weed is a wild plant that grows in gardens or fields of crops and prevents the plants that you want from growing properly.
  • ...a garden overgrown with weeds.

    长满杂草的园子

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[N-VAR 可变名词]水草;水生植物 Weed is a plant that grows in water and usually forms a thick floating mass. There are many different kinds of weed.
  • Large, clogging banks of weed are the only problem.

    唯一的问题就是大量水草阻塞了水道。

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[VERB 动词]给…除杂草 If you weed an area, you remove the weeds from it.
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  • Caspar was weeding the garden...

    卡斯珀正在给花园除杂草。

  • Try not to walk on the flower beds when weeding or hoeing.

    拔草和锄地时尽量不要踩到花坛。

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  • She taught me to do the weeding.

    她教我除草。

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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]烟草;大麻 People sometimes refer to tobacco or marijuana as weed .
  [also the N]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • Two and a half years ago I gave up the evil weed.

    两年半以前我改邪归正,不抽大麻了。

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Oxford weed / wiːd ; NAmE wiːd /
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weed weeds weeded weeding
noun 1 [countable ] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted, especially among crops or garden plants 杂草,野草(尤指庄稼或花园中的) The yard was overgrown with weeds. 这座庭院杂草丛生。 2 [uncountable ] any wild plant without flowers that grows in water and forms a green floating mass 水草 3 the weed [singular ] ( humorous) tobaccoor cigarettes 烟草;烟叶;香烟;烟卷 I wish I could give up the weed (= stop smoking). 但愿我能把烟戒掉。 4 [uncountable ] ( informal) the drug cannabis 大麻烟 5 [countable ] ( BrE) ( informal, disapproving) a person with a weak character or body 懦弱的人;体弱的人 verb [transitive ,  intransitive ] weed(sth) to take out weedsfrom the ground 除(地面的)杂草 I've been weeding the flower beds. 我一直在除花坛里的杂草。 PHRASAL VERB ˌweed sth/sb↔ˈout to remove or get rid of people or things from a group because they are not wanted or are less good than the rest 清除,剔除,淘汰(不需要的或较差的人或物) weed / wiːd ; NAmE wiːd /
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weedweed1 /wiːd/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly:  the constant battle against weeds2[uncountable] a plant without flowers that grows on water in a large green floating massseaweed3[countable] British English informal someone who is weak:  Nigel’s such a weed, isn’t he?4like weeds in large numbers:  Cars clogged the roads like weeds.5the weed informal cigarettes or tobacco6[uncountable] cannabis7(widow’s) weeds old use black clothes worn by a woman whose husband has died
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weedweed2 verb [intransitive, transitive]
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to remove unwanted plants from a garden or other placeweeding noun [uncountable]weed somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb to get rid of people or things that are not very good:  The research will help governments to weed out ineffective aid schemes.
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[wi:d]weeded, weeding, weeds原型:weed 是 wee 的过去式和过去分词

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杂草(56%),除草(23%),野草(9%),清除(5%),淘汰(5%),丧服(1%),衣服(1%)
n.杂草,野草;菸草
vt.除草;铲除
vi.除草
n.(Weed)人名;(英)威德

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