ivy
ivy — 名詞
- ivysingular
- iviesplural
1. a climbing plant with dark green, shiny leaves that stay green all year. It grow
常春藤
終年常綠的攀緣植物
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.
Thick ivy covered the entire front wall of the old stone cottage.
濃密的常春藤爬滿了那棟古老石屋的整面前牆。
collocation: ivy covered [surface]
Sofia noticed that sparrows often built their nests deep inside the ivy on the garage wall.
Sofia 注意到麻雀常常在車庫牆上的常春藤深處築巢。
Emma carefully pulled the ivy away from the window frame so she could paint the wood.
Emma 小心地將常春藤從窗框上拉開，好幫木頭上漆。
uncountable: no article, no plural form
The gardener trimmed the ivy every spring to stop it from creeping under the roof tiles.
園丁每年春天修剪常春藤，防止它爬到屋瓦底下。
collocation: trim / cut back ivy (maintenance)
Kwame warned the children not to touch poison ivy while hiking in the forest.
Kwame 警告孩子們在森林裡健行時不要碰觸毒常春藤。
compound: poison ivy
- ivy covers / climbs / grows on
- ivy-covered wall / building / cottage
- thick / dense / dark green ivy
- poison ivy
- remove / cut back / trim ivy
- 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
ivy — 形容詞
- ivypositive
- iviercomparative
- iviestsuperlative
1. relating to a group of eight old, highly respected universities in the northeast
長春藤盟校
美國八所頂尖大學組成的聯盟
relating to a group of eight old, highly respected universities in the northeastern United States, including Harvard, Yale, and Princeton.
James applied to three Ivy schools but decided to attend a public university instead.
James 申請了三所長春藤名校，但最後決定就讀一所公立大學。
collocation: Ivy school / Ivy university
Lucy has always dreamed of studying at an Ivy League college on the East Coast.
Lucy 一直夢想能在東岸的長春藤盟校讀書。
full form: Ivy League + college/university
A graduate student did research at an Ivy university whose library held a unique medieval manuscript.
一名研究生到一所長春藤盟校做研究，該校圖書館收藏了一份獨特的中世紀手稿。
collocation: Ivy university + unique research resource
Diego's professor earned his degree from an Ivy institution before returning to teach in Mexico.
Diego 的教授在長春藤盟校取得學位後，回到墨西哥教書。
- Ivy school / college / university
- Ivy League education / degree / diploma
- Ivy institution
- Ivy campus
- prestigious
broader meaning; 'Ivy' is limited to a specific group of US universities
- elite
more general; 'Ivy' implies the specific cultural and historical cachet of the eight schools
文法句型
Ivy [university/school/college]
用法筆記
This sense is almost always used before a noun (attributive) and often capitalized. The full name 'Ivy League' is more common than the shortened 'Ivy' alone.
常見錯誤
2. having the sophisticated, high-quality academic style associated with Ivy League
長春藤式
具有長春藤盟校般的頂尖學術氣息
having the sophisticated, high-quality academic style associated with Ivy League universities — used to describe a place, atmosphere, or standard that feels like an elite Eastern US college.
The new campus in Singapore has an ivy atmosphere, with its red-brick buildings and grassy quadrangles.
新加坡的新校園散發長春藤般的氛圍，有紅磚建築和綠草如茵的方庭。
attributive: ivy atmosphere / ivy feel
Jisoo chose the college for its ivy traditions: small seminar classes and close mentorship from professors.
Jisoo 選擇這所學院是因為它的長春藤傳統：小班研討課和教授的近距離指導。
attributive: ivy traditions + colon elaboration
The board of trustees approved a plan to give the campus an ivy look, with brick pathways and arched windows.
董事會批准了一項計畫，讓校園呈現長春藤風格的外觀——磚砌步道和拱形窗。
- ivy feel / look / atmosphere
- ivy character / style / tradition
- prestigious
broader; 'ivy' in this sense carries a specific cultural image of tradition and old-campus aesthetics
- traditional
overlaps in the sense of old-fashioned academic style, but 'ivy' also implies high status
文法句型
ivy + [noun describing prestige or sophistication]
用法筆記
This sense is much less common than sense 1 and is used informally to describe anything that resembles the look, feel, or prestige of the Ivy League.
常見錯誤
同根字
- ivy-covered形容詞B2
- ivy league名詞B2
- poison ivy名詞B2
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- ivy plant
- ivy leaf / leaves
- ivy vine
- ivy wall
- ivy cottage
- ivy garland
- ivy poison / poison ivy
- Ivy League
副詞搭配
- thickly covered with ivy
- densely overgrown with ivy
常用片語
- ivy-covered wall
- ivy-covered building
- Ivy League school
- poison ivy rash
介系詞搭配
- covered with ivy
- overgrown with ivy
- ivy on the wall
- clumps of ivy