mown
mown — verb
1. the form of the verb 'mow' used with 'have', 'has', or 'had' for completed cutti
the form of the verb 'mow' used with 'have', 'has', or 'had' for completed cutting, or with 'be' to show that grass, crops, or similar plants have already been cut down.
The grounds crew has mown the football field before the crowd arrives.
present perfect: has + mown + object
By noon, Adaeze had mown both lawns and packed the tools away.
past perfect: had + mown
The rough strip beside the barn was mown after the weeds grew too high.
Christopher has never mown such a steep hill without help from his brother.
Have the volunteers mown the path through the orchard for Saturday's tour?
文法句型
have/has/had + mown
be + mown
用法筆記
Use 'mown' after an auxiliary verb, especially in British English and formal edited style: 'has mown', 'had mown', 'was mown'. Distinguish it from the simple past 'mowed', which is used without an auxiliary for a finished past event.
常見錯誤
mown — adjective
1. already cut short with a mower or similar tool, especially of grass, lawns, fiel
already cut short with a mower or similar tool, especially of grass, lawns, fields, or paths through long plants.
We ate lunch beside a mown field that still smelled of summer grass.
mown + field
Freshly mown grass stuck to Dario's shoes after he crossed the park.
collocation: freshly mown grass
The hotel garden looked neat, with mown lawns and trimmed rose bushes.
A narrow mown path led visitors from the gate to the lake.
Élise spread the picnic blanket on the mown grass near the old oak.
文法句型
mown + noun
freshly/neatly + mown + noun
用法筆記
Most often used before nouns such as 'grass', 'lawn', 'field', and 'path', and very often after adverbs like 'freshly' or 'neatly'. In American English, many speakers prefer 'mowed' in verb phrases, but 'mown' remains common in fixed adjectival phrases like 'freshly mown grass'.