garden
garden — 名詞
- gardensingular
- gardensplural
1. an outdoor area next to a home where people grow flowers, keep ornamental plants
花園
住家旁種花草的戶外區域
an outdoor area next to a home where people grow flowers, keep ornamental plants, and often have a grass lawn
The children played in the garden behind their house every evening.
孩子們每天傍晚在屋後的花園裡玩耍。
collocation: in the garden
Élise planted roses and tulips along the edge of her garden.
Élise 在花園邊緣種了玫瑰和鬱金香。
A tall wooden fence separated the garden from the busy street.
一道高高的木籬笆把花園和繁忙的街道隔開。
passive: be separated from
Kemi watered the rose bushes in the garden before the morning sun grew too strong.
Kemi 趁早晨太陽還沒變得太強之前，給花園裡的玫瑰叢澆了水。
The Nguyen family spent every Sunday morning weeding the flower beds.
Nguyen 一家每個星期天早上都在花圃除草。
collocation: garden / flower beds
- in the garden
- back garden
- front garden
- garden path
- garden shed
- garden fence
- garden gate
- flower garden
文法句型
the garden
garden + noun (garden path, garden shed)
in the garden
用法筆記
In British English, garden usually refers to the whole outdoor area around a house including lawn and flower beds. In American English, that area is more often called a yard, with garden reserved for the planted flower or vegetable beds.
常見錯誤
2. a small area used for growing vegetables, herbs, or fruit, usually located in a
菜園
種植蔬果的小塊土地
a small area used for growing vegetables, herbs, or fruit, usually located in a yard
Quinn grew tomatoes and basil in the small garden behind the apartment.
Quinn 在公寓後方的小菜園裡種了番茄和羅勒。
collocation: grow [crops] in the garden
Every spring the Chang family planted a new vegetable garden in their yard.
每年春天，張家都會在院子裡種新的菜園。
The garden produced enough cucumbers and melons for the whole street.
這片菜園產出的小黃瓜和甜瓜足夠整條街的人吃。
collocation: garden produce
Sade pulled out the weeds before planting the lettuce seeds.
Sade 在播種萵苣種子之前先把雜草拔掉了。
- vegetable garden
- kitchen garden
- garden produce
- plant a garden
- weed the garden
- water the garden
文法句型
vegetable garden
kitchen garden
grow + in + the garden
用法筆記
When garden is used without a qualifier but the context is about food, this sense is implied. For clarity, you can say vegetable garden or kitchen garden.
常見錯誤
3. a large public area with flowers, trees, and paths where people walk or sit to r
公園
有花草樹木的公共休憩場所
a large public area with flowers, trees, and paths where people walk or sit to relax
The botanical garden in the city center opens every day at sunrise.
市中心的植物園每天日出時開門。
proper noun: botanical garden
Ziad and his friends had a picnic in the rose garden near the museum.
Ziad 和朋友們在博物館附近的玫瑰園野餐。
Visitors from many countries came to see the garden's famous orchids.
來自許多國家的遊客前來欣賞這座花園著名的蘭花。
possessive: the garden's [feature]
The garden has a small pond filled with water lilies and goldfish.
這座花園裡有一個小池塘，裡面長滿了睡蓮和金魚。
- botanical garden
- rose garden
- public garden
- Japanese garden
- formal garden
- garden tour
文法句型
botanical garden
rose garden
public garden
用法筆記
This sense often appears in the names of specific places, such as Kew Gardens or the Garden of the Gods. Unlike sense 1, this garden is open to the public and usually charges an entry fee or is a public park.
常見錯誤
to make someone believe something that is not true, usually by giving them wrong information on purpose
誤導某人；欺騙某人
The car dealer led Jude up the garden path by hiding the accident history.
Imran felt embarrassed when he realized the email had led him up the garden path.
used to say that a situation seems perfect or without any problems, often when the truth is different
一切美好；盡善盡美
The annual report makes it sound like everything in the garden is rosy, but staff are actually very unhappy.
Do not believe the ad — everything in the garden is rarely as rosy as it looks.
common or garden
idiomordinary and not special in any way; the most usual type
普通的；尋常的
It is not a rare flower — just a common or garden daisy found in any field.
The hotel turned out to be a common or garden guesthouse, nothing like the photos online.
To trick someone into believing something false.
誤導某人
The salesman led us down the garden path with fake promises.
Did the politician lead voters up the garden path again?
garden — 動詞
- gardenpresent simple I / you / we / they
- gardens3rd person singular
- gardening-ing form
- gardenedpast simple
1. to spend time taking care of a garden by digging, planting, watering, and removi
從事園藝
整理花園、種植植物
to spend time taking care of a garden by digging, planting, watering, and removing weeds
Amani gardens every weekend and has turned the yard into a colorful space.
Amani 每個週末都整理花園，把院子變成了一個多彩的空間。
intransitive use: [subject] + gardens
Jin learned to garden from his grandmother when he was a child.
Jin 小時候跟祖母學會了整理花園。
learn to + garden
After retiring, Sade spends most mornings gardening in the backyard.
退休之後，Sade 大多數早上都在後院從事園藝。
The couple next door gardens together every Saturday afternoon.
隔壁那對夫妻每個星期六下午都會一起整理花園。
adverb position: gardens together
- garden regularly
- garden all day
- go gardening
- spend the afternoon gardening
文法句型
garden (no direct object)
go gardening
spend time gardening
用法筆記
This verb is almost always intransitive — you say 'I gardened all morning,' not 'I gardened the roses.' To mention the plants, use 'do gardening' or 'work in the garden.'
常見錯誤
garden — 形容詞
- gardenpositive
- more gardencomparative
- most gardensuperlative
1. made for use in a garden or relating to the care and design of gardens
園藝的
與花園相關或專用的
made for use in a garden or relating to the care and design of gardens
Hao bought new garden furniture and placed it on the wooden deck.
Hao 買了新的花園家具，擺在木頭露臺上。
attributive noun: garden furniture
The garden center sells seeds, tools, and potted plants all year round.
這間園藝中心全年販售種子、工具和盆栽植物。
Pim wore old garden gloves while pulling out the thorny weeds.
Pim 戴著舊的園藝手套去拔那些帶刺的雜草。
attributive noun: garden gloves
The annual garden show attracted hundreds of visitors from nearby towns.
年度花園展吸引了來自附近城鎮的數百名訪客。
- garden centre
- garden tools
- garden furniture
- garden design
- garden hose
- garden shears
- outdoor
broader — covers patios, yards, and other outside spaces, not just gardens
文法句型
garden + noun (garden furniture, garden tools)
用法筆記
Adjective sense 1 appears only before a noun (attributive). It describes objects, events, or services related to gardening, not the garden itself. Compare: a garden shed (a shed in or for the garden) vs a garden plant (a type of plant, sense 2).
常見錯誤
2. grown in a home garden rather than on a large farm or in a greenhouse
自種的
在自家花園種植而非購買的
grown in a home garden rather than on a large farm or in a greenhouse
The restaurant uses only garden-grown herbs in all of its dishes.
這家餐廳的所有菜餚都使用自家種植的香草。
compound: garden-grown
Emily prefers garden tomatoes over the ones from the supermarket.
Emily 比較喜歡自家種的番茄，而不是超市買的那種。
The market stall sells garden vegetables that were picked that morning.
市集的攤位販售當天早上剛採收的自家蔬菜。
Imran grows garden herbs on the balcony of his small apartment.
Imran 在他小公寓的陽臺上種了自家用的香草。
- garden herbs
- garden vegetables
- garden peas
- garden-grown
- garden-fresh
- homegrown
more common in everyday speech; implies the vegetables are from your own garden
- fresh-picked
emphasizes the recency of harvest rather than where it was grown
- shop-bought
purchased from a store rather than grown at home
- wild
growing without human cultivation
文法句型
garden + noun (garden herbs, garden vegetables)
用法筆記
When garden modifies a plant name (garden parsley, garden peas), it distinguishes the cultivated version from a wild relative. This sense overlaps with 'common or garden' (idiom) only when the meaning is 'ordinary' — see sense 3.
3. of the most common or usual kind; not special, rare, or unusual in any way
普通的
最常見、不特別的類型
of the most common or usual kind; not special, rare, or unusual in any way
It was just a garden-variety cold that went away after a few days.
只是普通的感冒，過了幾天就好了。
compound: garden-variety
The movie is a garden-variety action film with car chases and explosions.
這部電影就是一般的動作片，有飛車追逐和爆炸場面。
Mauricio bought a garden-variety laptop that handles all his basic tasks.
Mauricio 買了一台普通規格的筆電，應付他所有基本需求。
The hotel room was a garden-variety single with a bed and a desk.
飯店房間就是一間普通的單人房，有一張床和一張書桌。
- garden-variety cold
- garden-variety model
- garden-variety type
- ordinary
more general; can be used in any register, not just informal
- commonplace
slightly more formal, emphasizes that something is frequently encountered
- standard
neutral term focusing on the expected, typical version
- exceptional
much better or more unusual than the ordinary type
- rare
uncommon, not frequently seen or found
文法句型
garden-variety + noun
用法筆記
Often written with a hyphen as garden-variety. This meaning developed from the idea that plants commonly found in gardens are ordinary and not exotic. Compare with the idiom 'common or garden' — both mean ordinary, but 'common or garden' is British and slightly old-fashioned.
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- garden design
- garden maintenance
- garden visit
- garden tour
副詞搭配
- beautifully gardened
- well-gardened
- lovingly gardened
常用片語
- at the bottom of the garden
- the back of the garden
- the far end of the garden
介系詞搭配
- in the garden
- through the garden
- around the garden
- next to the garden