| 单词 | gardener |
| 释义 | gardener (once / 567 pages) n A person whose hobby or job is growing flowers in a garden is called a gardener. If you want homegrown flowers and veggies, get to know a gardener. If you grow vegetables professionally, you're called a farmer, but if you design, tend, or care for a flower garden, you're a gardener. Planting anything on a small scale, in your own backyard, also makes you a gardener. The word gardener was a common last name starting in the 13th century, from the Old French jardineor, and the Old North French gardin, "kitchen garden or orchard." WORD FAMILYgardener: gardeners+/garden: gardened, gardener, gardening, gardens/gardening: gardenings USAGE EXAMPLESIt will not be easy for the gardeners employed by cities to turn to more sustainable methods. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Tricia McCauley was a luminous actress, a master herbalist, a gardener, a yogi. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) "He was a landscape gardener and was therefore probably able to dispose of the bodies." BBC(Dec 25, 2016) 1n someone who takes care of a garden Syn|Hypo|Hyper nurseryman transplanter a gardener who moves plants to new locations horticulturist, plantsman an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants) 2n someone employed to work in a garden Hypo|Hyper groundkeeper, groundskeeper, groundsman someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field) hedgera gardener who takes care of and trims hedges employee a worker who is hired to perform a job |
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