herbicide
herbicide — 名詞
- herbicidesingular
- herbicidesplural
1. a chemical substance applied by farmers or gardeners to kill weeds and other wil
除草劑
殺死雜草的化學藥劑
a chemical substance applied by farmers or gardeners to kill weeds and other wild plants that harm the growth of crops
Élise applied herbicide to her vegetable patch to keep the weeds from spreading.
Élise 在她的菜園裡噴灑了除草劑，以防止雜草蔓延。
collocation: apply herbicide
Before planting corn, the farmers sprayed herbicide over the entire field.
農夫在種玉米之前，先在整片田地噴灑了除草劑。
Nikhil read the safety instructions on the herbicide label before using it.
Nikhil 在使用除草劑前先閱讀了瓶子上的安全說明。
safety context: read instructions before use
Some cities have stopped using herbicides in parks because of health worries.
有些城市基於健康考量，已停止在公園使用除草劑。
public context: stop using herbicides
Yan mixed the herbicide with water and sprayed it on the garden lawn.
Yan 將除草劑與水混合後，噴灑在花園的草坪上。
- apply herbicide
- spray herbicide
- use herbicide
- chemical herbicide
- selective herbicide
- weedkiller
less formal, everyday term common in gardening contexts; herbicide is the technical or formal equivalent
- defoliant
narrower: a chemical that causes leaves to fall off, not necessarily killing the whole plant
用法筆記
Can be used as uncountable (e.g. 'the field was treated with herbicide') or countable (e.g. 'different herbicides control different weeds'). Like other -cide words (pesticide, insecticide), it is formed from Latin herba ('plant') + -cide ('killer').
常見錯誤
同根字
- herbicidal形容詞C1
- herbicide-resistant形容詞C2