meadow

中文来自 ECDICT

n.: 草地，牧场

演变路径（由近及远）

英语
继承自 ←中古英语 medowe
继承自 ←古英语 mǣdwe
继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *mēdwō
源自 ←原始印欧语 *h₂met- “to mow, reap”

原始词根

词源说明

From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow.

释义（英文）

名词 Noun

A field or pasture; a piece of land either intentionally cultivated with grass or (especially) naturally covered with grass, especially one that is intended to be mown for hay or to be grazed.
Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

动词 Verb

To cultivate with grass in order to produce hay.

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