weed

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Drug cultureweedweed1 /wiːd/ noun 1 [countable]HBP a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly the constant battle against weeds2 [uncountable]HBP a plant without flowers that grows on water in a large green floating mass → seaweed3 [countable] British English informalWEAK someone who is weak Nigel’s such a weed, isn’t he?4 → like weeds5 → the weed6 [uncountable]MDD cannabis 7 → (widow’s) weedsExamples from the Corpusweed• Everyone called me a weed when I was at school because I was so bad at sports.• It may even look like a rather pretty weed, but it's still a weed.• Dorothea bent down and pulled weeds out of the garden.• A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds which smother less competitive, more attractive plants.• Nor is genetic engineering the only way weeds become herbicide-resistant.Related topics: Gardeningweedweed2 verb [intransitive, transitive] DLGto remove unwanted plants from a garden or other place —weeding noun [uncountable] → weed somebody/something ↔ out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusweed• In particular, men assist more with ploughing as well as with sowing, weeding and harvesting.• Among those prickly areas: the use of technology and the process for weeding books and periodicals from the system.• Suburban communities swiftly expel sleazy politicians and weed out corrupt practices.• The turnover of wild individuals in an established population is a drastic weeding out of animals that are either unfit or unlucky.• Deceased family and friends are honored as their graves are cleaned, weeded, refurbished and painted by family and friends.• The idea is that recruits from the towns will weed the crops.• The women polish the furniture, scrub the kitchen and weed the flowerbeds while Mrs McCormick is gone.Origin weed1 Old English weod

单词	weed
释义	weed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Drug cultureweedweed1 /wiːd/ ●○○ noun 1 [countable]HBP a wild plant growing where it is not wanted that prevents crops or garden flowers from growing properly the constant battle against weeds2 [uncountable]HBP a plant without flowers that grows on water in a large green floating mass → seaweed3 [countable] British English informalWEAK someone who is weak Nigel’s such a weed, isn’t he?4 → like weeds5 → the weed6 [uncountable]MDD cannabis 7 → (widow’s) weedsExamples from the Corpusweed• Everyone called me a weed when I was at school because I was so bad at sports.• It may even look like a rather pretty weed, but it's still a weed.• Dorothea bent down and pulled weeds out of the garden.• A rich soil soon becomes home to rampant weeds which smother less competitive, more attractive plants.• Nor is genetic engineering the only way weeds become herbicide-resistant.Related topics: Gardeningweedweed2 verb [intransitive, transitive] DLGto remove unwanted plants from a garden or other place —weeding noun [uncountable] → weed somebody/something ↔ out→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusweed• In particular, men assist more with ploughing as well as with sowing, weeding and harvesting.• Among those prickly areas: the use of technology and the process for weeding books and periodicals from the system.• Suburban communities swiftly expel sleazy politicians and weed out corrupt practices.• The turnover of wild individuals in an established population is a drastic weeding out of animals that are either unfit or unlucky.• Deceased family and friends are honored as their graves are cleaned, weeded, refurbished and painted by family and friends.• The idea is that recruits from the towns will weed the crops.• The women polish the furniture, scrub the kitchen and weed the flowerbeds while Mrs McCormick is gone.Origin weed1 Old English weod
随便看	now for something now hear this now hear this! now I come to think of it now now now that now then now what now what? now you mention it now you tell me now you tell me! now you're talking now youre talking now you’re talking now's the time for to do now's the time to do nowadays nowhere nowhere near nowhere near anywhere near nowhere near finished etc nowhere near full etc nowhere near ready etc nowhere near ready/full/finished etc