| 单词 | window garden |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow garden window garden n. a collection of pots or boxes laid out on a windowsill for the cultivation of plants, typically for growing a decorative display of flowers.In quot. 1649 in allusion to Pliny the Elder's description of Roman citizens creating imitation gardens in their windows ( Nat. Hist. 19. 19). The exact nature of these imitations is uncertain: painted scenes, hanging baskets, and window boxes have all been suggested by scholars. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > [noun] > other types of garden grounda1500 knot-garden1519 back-garden1535 summer garden1589 spring garden1612 spring gardena1625 water gardena1626 walled gardena1631 wildernessa1644 window garden1649 botanic garden1662 Hanging Gardens1705 winter garden1736 cottage garden1765 Vauxhall1770 English garden1771 wall garden1780 chinampa1787 moat garden1826 gardenesque1832 sunk garden1835 roof garden1844 weedery1847 wild garden1852 rootery1855 beer-garden1863 Japanese garden1863 bog-garden1883 Italian garden1883 community garden1884 sink garden1894 trough garden1935 sand garden1936 Zen garden1937 hydroponicum1938 tub garden1974 rain garden1994 1649 C. Hoole Easie Entrance Lat. Tongue 263/1 Window-garden, Hortus imaginárius. 1884 G. W. Cable Dr. Sevier xii. 81 The asylumed window of ‘St. Anna's’ could glance down into it over their poor little window-gardens. 1934 Amer. Home July 68g/1 The exhibit of unusual plant varieties to achieve an artistic decorative effect in window gardens or rockeries. 2001 S. Florio-Ruane Teacher Educ. & Cultural Imagination ix. 136 City dwellers whose sole experience with agriculture was a small window garden. < as lemmas |
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