weeds

• n. 野草（weed的复数形式）；丧服；（悼念用的）黑纱
• v. 清除（weed的第三人称单数形式）；除去杂草；除去无用的东西

词源同wattle,编织，引申词义衣服。多用于短语widow’s weeds.

weeds (n.)

"garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds), plural of archaic weed, from Old English wæd, wæde "robe, dress, apparel, garment, clothing," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (cognates: Old Saxon wadi, Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vað "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh-, extended form of root *au- (3) "to weave." Archaic since early 19c.

1. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.

经过反复施用除草剂，杂草得以彻底根除。

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2. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.

我们匆匆往前走，来到一个野草丛生的院子。

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3. Weeds are an index to the character of the soil.

杂草是反映土壤特征的一个指标。

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4. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.

花园里杂草丛生。

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5. If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.

如果不加以遏制，杂草就会疯长。

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1. a black garment (dress) worn by a widow as a sign of mourning

2. a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning

Recently, Sanchez bought a hand operated tool which pulls out weeds and loosen soil.

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The robots have provided major benefits to farmers in various ways, from hunting and pulling weeds monitoring the condition of every single fruit.

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With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.

经过反复施用除草剂，杂草得以彻底根除。

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Weeds had swallowed up the garden.

花园里杂草丛生。

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If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.

如果不加以遏制，杂草就会疯长。

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The garden's completely overgrown with weeds.

花园里长满了杂草。

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Weeds grew through the cracks in the paving.

杂草从铺石路面的缝隙中长出来。

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The yard was overgrown with weeds.

这座庭院杂草丛生。

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They hoe the garden to keep down the weeds.

他们把花园里的草锄掉,阻止其生长.

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Summer fallow is the best method of destroying weeds.

夏季休耕是消灭杂草的最好办法.

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My garden is running to weeds.

我的院子里长满了杂草.

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He hoed up weeds from about the flowers.

他锄去了花旁边的杂草.

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The weeds grow apace.

草长得很快.

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They crossed a field stippled with purple weeds.

他们穿过点缀着紫色草的田地.

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Weeds grow thickly in rich soil.

杂草在肥沃的土壤里生长繁茂.

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The pupils are pulling up the weeds.

学生们在拔草.

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He forked the weeds out.

他用耙子除草.

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