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grassHgrB:s, HgrAsna low green plant which grows naturally over a lot of the Earth's surface, having groups of very thin leaves which grow in large numbers very close together草a blade/tuft of grass [U]一叶/束草Cows eat grass. [U]牛吃草。Jim, are you going to cut the grass this afternoon? [U]杰姆，你今天下午去割草吗?Shall we sit on the grass (= an area of grass)? [U]我们可以坐在草地上吗?She had on the mantelpiece a vase of dried flowers and grasses (= different types of grass) [C]她在壁炉台上放了一花瓶各式干花草。There was a sign saying "Please do not walk on the grass. " [U]告示上说“请勿在草地上行走。”She prefers playing tennis on grass (on a grass court) to playing on a hard court. She's a good grass player. [U]她偏爱在草地球场上打网球，而不是硬地球场。她是一个草地球场的好手。(Br) We put most of the garden down to grass (= planted grass in it). [U]我们将花园的大部分都种上了草。The farmers put the cows out to grass (= put them in a field where they can eat grass) in April. [U]农夫们在 4 月放牛出去吃草。(fig. infml) If you put a person out to grass, you tell them they can no longer work.将…免职A lot of people in their sixties feel much too young to be put out to grass.许多人60多岁时觉得被解雇还太年轻。Grass is also slang for MARIJUANA. [U](俚)大麻A grass widow (male grass widower) is a woman/man who does not live with their husband/wife, or whose husband/ wife is away from home for long periods of time.与丈夫分居的女人/与妻子分居的男人(saying) 'The grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence)'means that things always seem to be better somewhere where you are not.这山望着那山高I sometimes think I'd be happier teaching in Spain. Oh well, the grass is always greener on the other side!我有时想在西班牙教书会更开心。唉，这山总望着那山高！ Blade
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