• n. 野草（weed的復(fù)數(shù)形式）；喪服；（悼念用的）黑紗
• v. 清除（weed的第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù)形式）；除去雜草；除去無(wú)用的東西

詞源同wattle,編織，引申詞義衣服。多用于短語(yǔ)widow’s weeds.

weeds (n.)

"garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds), plural of archaic weed, from Old English w?d, w?de "robe, dress, apparel, garment, clothing," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (cognates: Old Saxon wadi, Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vae "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh-, extended form of root *au- (3) "to weave." Archaic since early 19c.

1. With repeated applications of weedkiller, the weeds were overcome.

經(jīng)過(guò)反復(fù)施用除草劑，雜草得以徹底根除。

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2. We hurried on until we reached a courtyard overgrown with weeds.

我們匆匆往前走，來(lái)到一個(gè)野草叢生的院子。

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3. Weeds are an index to the character of the soil.

雜草是反映土壤特征的一個(gè)指標(biāo)。

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4. Weeds had swallowed up the garden.

花園里雜草叢生。

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5. If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.

如果不加以遏制，雜草就會(huì)瘋長(zhǎng)。

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