cattail

/ˈkætteɪl/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkætteɪl/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkat-ˌtāl/ (ame, mw)

cattail — noun

  • cattailsingular
  • cattailsplural

1. a plant found in very wet places, with tall stems, blade-shaped leaves, and a th

1.名詞C2
釋義

a plant found in very wet places, with tall stems, blade-shaped leaves, and a thick dark-brown flower head

例句

Obi cut three cattails from the ditch for his science display.

countable noun: cut three cattails

A line of cattails hid the ducks beside the quiet pond.

同義詞
  • bulrush

    often used for the same plant in everyday North American English, though it can also name related wetland plants

  • reed

    a broader word for tall grass-like plants near water, not only cattails

  • rush

    another broader wetland-plant word, often for thinner plants without the brown head

文法句型

a cattail grows beside a pond

cattails line the edge of the water

cut down the cattails by the ditch

用法筆記

Usually countable. In everyday descriptions, people often focus on the soft brown flower head that stands above the leaves.

常見錯誤

❌We picked some reeds, but they were really cattails.
✅We picked some cattails, not reeds.
💡Reed is a broader word, while cattail names this wetland plant with the thick brown head.