glade

/ɡleɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡleɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈglād/ (ame, mw)

glade — noun

  • gladesingular
  • gladesplural

1. a small open space in a forest where no trees grow, usually covered with grass a

1.名詞B2
釋義

a small open space in a forest where no trees grow, usually covered with grass and sometimes wild flowers

例句

Wei stopped for lunch in a grassy glade where sunlight warmed the fallen leaves.

collocation: grassy glade / sunny glade

The children played hide-and-seek among the trees that surrounded the glade.

glade surrounded by trees (typical context)

同義詞
  • clearing

    more general; can refer to any area cleared of trees, while a glade is naturally open

  • opening

    less specific; describes the space itself without the natural-setting nuance

反義詞
  • thicket

    a dense area of trees and bushes, the opposite of an open glade

  • forest

    the wooded area that surrounds a glade

用法筆記

Common in nature writing and descriptive passages. More literary than the everyday word clearing.