ivy

/ˈaɪvi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈaɪvi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈī-vē/ (ame, mw)

ivy — noun

  • ivysingular
  • iviesplural

1. a climbing plant with dark green, shiny leaves that stay green all year. It grow

1.名詞B1
釋義

a climbing plant with dark green, shiny leaves that stay green all year. It grows on walls, trees, and buildings, covering them with a thick layer of leaves.

例句

Thick ivy covered the entire front wall of the old stone cottage.

collocation: ivy covered [surface]

Sofia noticed that sparrows often built their nests deep inside the ivy on the garage wall.

同義詞
  • poison ivy

    a different plant that causes an itchy skin rash; not a true ivy despite the name

  • Virginia creeper

    another climbing plant whose leaves turn red in autumn, unlike true ivy

用法筆記

Ivy is usually uncountable when referring to the plant material covering a surface ('the wall was covered with ivy'), but it can be countable when referring to an individual plant or species ('the garden has several different ivies').

常見錯誤

❌The ivies on the wall are very thick.
✅The ivy on the wall is very thick.
💡Ivy is usually uncountable when describing a mass of the plant covering a surface.
❌Ivy leafs turn red in autumn.
✅Ivy leaves stay green all year.
💡Ivy is evergreen; it does not lose its leaves in autumn.

ivy — adjective