一位火车模型爱好者在自家后院开模型展,不仅如此,她将模型与园艺完美结合,将花园、瀑布、流水、桥梁以及田园风光一同呈现,吸引了6000人到她家参观。
说到园艺, 英文里back garden 指的是后花园,通常会有草坪、鲜花,有时还会再辟出种菜或果树的地方。在欧美,很多人会为自己的花园花不少的钱,小小的花园里会种上各种花草和灌木。在英国,窗台边会装上放球茎或其他植物的窗台花箱(window box), 正门周围的墙上也会挂上花篮。 有些家庭的后院很小,被称作patio。
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Green thumb 表示某些人非常擅长种花、种菜,有特殊的园艺才能。
a green-thumbed gardener 指的就是园艺高手,再例如:Thanks to my mothers green thumb, we usually had vegetables fresh from the garden. (多亏了妈妈擅长种植,我们总能从花园里摘到信息的蔬菜。)
water 作动词时,表示浇水。
We need to water the lawn.
我们要给草坪浇浇水。
pull weeds 拔草
We pulled weeds from the garden.
我们在花园里拔草。
mow the lawn 修剪草坪
My mother asked me to mow the lawn.
妈妈让我去修剪草坪
pick 采摘
Our grapes are picked by hand.
我们的葡萄都是手工采摘的。
prune 修剪
You should prune back the unwanted branches.
你应该将不要树枝都剪掉。
graft 嫁接
He grafted the branch onto the apple tree.
他将这根树枝嫁接到了苹果树上。
potting soil 盆栽土
He rooted the tulip bulbs in potting soil.
他将郁金香球茎植在盆栽土里,等着生根。
sprout 发芽
The tree is already sprouting leaves.
那棵树已经开始发芽了。
shrivel up 使......干枯
The heat shriveled up the plants leaves.
炎热的天气下,叶子都枯萎了。
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