clover

IPA/ˈkləʊvə(r)/
KK[klˈovɚ]IPA/ˈkləʊvər/

clover — 名詞

1. a low-growing wild plant whose thin stems each carry a group of three small roun

1.名詞B1
釋義

三葉草

莖細、有三片圓葉的飼料牧草

a low-growing wild plant whose thin stems each carry a group of three small rounded leaves, with round pink, purple, or white flower heads, often planted as food for farm animals or to improve soil quality

例句

Clover grows well in poor soil and feeds cattle and sheep on the farm.

三葉草在貧瘠的土壤中也能生長良好，是農場牛羊的上等飼料。

clover as animal feed / pasture crop

Elena found a four-leaf clover near an oak tree and pressed it in her diary.

Elena 在橡樹旁找到了一株四葉草，把它壓在日記本裡。

four-leaf clover = lucky charm

常見搭配
  • grow clover
  • plant clover
  • clover field
  • clover patch
  • clover honey
  • white clover
  • red clover
  • clover leaf
  • four-leaf clover
同義詞
  • shamrock

    refers specifically to a young clover shoot or a stylised three-leaf symbol representing Ireland; not used for field clover or animal feed

  • trefoil

    a more technical botanical term for any plant with three leaflets, including clover; less common in everyday speech

用法筆記

Uncountable when referring to the plant as a crop or ground cover (e.g., 'fields of clover'). Countable when referring to an individual plant or leaf (e.g., 'a lucky clover').

同根字

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • clover field
  • clover patch
  • clover leaf
  • clover honey
  • clover seed

常用片語

  • grow clover
  • plant clover
  • feed on clover
  • four-leaf clover

介系詞搭配

  • patch of clover
  • field of clover