sward
noun/swɔːd/
/swɔːrd/
[countable, uncountable] (literary)- an area of grass
草地；草皮 - Some sat on the ground, others danced on the green sward.
有的坐在地上，有的在绿色的草地上跳舞。
Word OriginOld English sweard ‘skin’. The sense ‘upper layer of soil’ developed in late Middle English (at first in phrases such as sward of the earth). - Some sat on the ground, others danced on the green sward.