grasses

英 [ˈɡrɑːsɪz]

美 [ˈɡræsɪz]

n.  草; 青草; 牧草; 禾本科植物; 草地; 草坪; 草场; 牧场
v.  (向警方)告密，告发
grass的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-MASS 草；青草
  Grassis a very common plant consisting of large numbers of thin, spiky, green leaves that cover the surface of the ground.
  1. Small things stirred in the grass around the tent...
     一些小东西在帐篷四周的草丛里窸窸窣窣地动着。
  2. The lawn contained a mixture of grasses.
     草坪上生长着各种青草。
• N-SING 草地；草坪；草场
  If you talk aboutthe grass, you are referring to an area of ground that is covered with grass, for example in your garden.
  1. In the old days, there were strict fines for walking on the grass or missing a study period...
     过去，踩踏草坪或旷课都会被重金处罚。
  2. I'm going to cut the grass.
     我要去修剪草坪了。
• N-UNCOUNT 同marijuana
  Grassis the same asmarijuana.
  1. I started smoking grass when I was about sixteen.
     我大约16岁的时候开始吸大麻。
• VERB （向警方等）揭发，告发
  If you say that one persongrasses onanother, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done.
  1. His wife wants him to grass on the members of his own gang...
     妻子要他向警方告发他所在团伙的成员。
  2. He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing.
     他屡遭指责他告密的其他囚犯的殴打。
  3. Grass upmeans the same asgrass.
     grass up同grass
  4. How many of them are going to grass up their own kids to the police?
     他们当中会有多少人向警方揭发自己的孩子呢？
• 告密者；揭发者
  Agrassis someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about.
• PHRASE 草是那边绿；这山望着那山高
  If you saythe grass is greenersomewhere else, you mean that other people's situations always seem better or more attractive than your own, but may not really be so.
  1. He was very happy with us but wanted to see if the grass was greener elsewhere.
     他对我们感到十分满意，但还想看看是否有更合适的人选。
• PHRASE （因年老等）被辞退，遭解雇
  If you say that someone is beingput out to grass, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.
  1. The Prime Minister refused to be put out to grass. Asked if he would quit, he replied: 'The answer is No'.
     首相拒绝被解除职务，当问到他是否会辞职时，他说，“我的回答是不。”

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 put out to pasture

双语例句

• Any of numerous grasses of the genus Panicum, many of which are grown for grain and fodder.
  许多黍属的乔木科作物中的一种，因其产谷和用作饲料而种植。
• Introduced into United States from the Orient; larvae feed on roots of sugarcane and other grasses.
  从东方传入美国；幼虫吃甘蔗和其它植物的根部。
• In spring, the trees and grasses are turning green.
  在春天，树木和草都变绿了。
• Clear and bright in the sunlit stream the trees of hanyang,| fragrant grasses, lush and green, all over parrot isle.
  晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。（崔颢《黄鹤楼》）
• I lifted it up. A miracle happened: all the grasses and bamboo leaves turned blue.
  我举起它一照，奇迹发生了：草和竹子都变成了蓝色。
• Because I'm allergic to most grasses and barks.
  因为我对草和树皮过敏。
• Grasses were moist with dew.
  草被露水沾湿了。
• Annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley.
  北半球和南美洲温带地区一个一年至多年生禾本科植物的属；大麦。
• Genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses.
  其幼虫主要以植物根为食的一种甲虫；包括一些禾本科栽培作物的害虫。
• The spring come, the flower and grasses all enjoyed the warmth of the sunlight.
  春天来了，花草都来享受阳光的温暖。