"grass-covered ground," c. 1300, from Old English sweard "skin, hide, rind" (of bacon, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *swarthu- (cognates: Old Frisian swarde "skin of the head," Middle Dutch swarde "rind of bacon," Dutch zwoord "rind of bacon," German Schwarte "thick, hard skin, rind," Old Norse sv?rer "walrus hide"). Meaning "sod, turf" developed from the notion of the "skin" of the earth (compare Old Norse grassv?rer, Danish gr?nsv?r "greensward").
雙語例句
1. A lady in full feather approached the sentinel on the sward.
一個衣著華麗的女人走近了草地上的哨兵.
來自辭典例句
2. An open sward was as smooth as any well - kept lawn.
空曠的草地平滑得跟特別保養(yǎng)的草皮一樣.
來自辭典例句
3. The sward is bared very closely.
割剩的茬很短.
來自辭典例句
4. Rat, lingering, looked long and doubtfully at certain hoof - marks deep in the sward.
老鼠卻在那里流連,久久地迷惑不解地看著深深印在草地上的蹄痕.
來自辭典例句
5. Which does arbor, bush, sward cultivating growth in Jiangsu suitable have?