weed
n
1
(a) [C] wild plant growing where it is not wanted, esp among crops or garden plants 野草,杂草(尤指庄稼地里的或园中的)
The garden is overgrown with weeds. 这个园子里长了许多野草.
She spent the afternoon pulling up the weeds in the flowerbeds. 她用整个下午的时间拔除花坛中的杂草.
(b) [U] any of several plants without flowers that grow in water and form a green, floating mass 水草
The pond is full of weed. 这个池塘里长满了水草.
2 [C] (infml derog 口, 贬)
(a) thin weak-looking person 瘦弱的人.
(b) person who has a weak character 懦弱的人
Don't be such a weed! 别这麽懦弱!
3 (infml 口)
(a) [sing] (usu 通常作 the weed) (dated or joc 旧或谑) tobacco or cigarettes 烟草; 香烟
I wish I could give up the weed, ie stop smoking. 但愿我能把烟戒掉.
(b) [U] marijuana 大麻烟. weed v
1 [I, Tn] take out weeds from (the ground) 除去(地面)的杂草
I've been busy weeding (in) the garden.我一直在园子里忙著除杂草.
2 (phr v) weed sth/sb out remove or get rid of (people or things that are not wanted) from amongst others that are valuable 除去,剔除, 淘汰(不需要的人或物)
weed out the weakest saplings 摘除最差的树苗
weed out the herd, ie get rid of inferior animals 剔除兽群中的不好的
The new conductor started by weeding out the weaker players in the orchestra. 管弦乐队新来的指挥一上任就先把较差的演奏人员清除出去了.
I love you more than my own life, more than my wife, and more than all the world.
我爱你胜过爱我自己的生命、自己的妻子和整个世界。(他哭了。)
And because I was deaf, I could not learn to speak.
因为我耳聋,我不能学说话。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.