mown

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1

釋義

割過

mow的過去分詞，用於完成式或被動

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.

例句

The grounds crew has mown the football field before the crowd arrives.

場地工作人員在觀眾進場前已把足球場割過。

present perfect: has + mown + object

By noon, Adaeze had mown both lawns and packed the tools away.

到了中午，Adaeze 已經把兩片草坪都割過，還把工具收好了。

past perfect: had + mown

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

❌Yesterday we mown the back field before lunch.

✅Yesterday we mowed the back field before lunch.

💡Use 'mowed' for the simple past; 'mown' needs an auxiliary.

❌The lawn has mown already.

✅The lawn has been mown already.

💡When the grass is the thing receiving the action, use the passive form 'has been mown'.

1.形容詞B2

釋義

修剪過的

草地等已被割短、整理過的

already cut short with a mower or similar tool, especially of grass, lawns, fields, or paths through long plants.

例句

We ate lunch beside a mown field that still smelled of summer grass.

我們在一片修剪過的田邊吃午餐，空氣裡還有夏天青草的味道。

mown + field

Freshly mown grass stuck to Dario's shoes after he crossed the park.

Dario 穿過公園後，鞋子上沾滿了剛修剪過的草屑。

collocation: freshly mown grass

同義詞

cut
broader and more general; not limited to grass or similar growth
trimmed
suggests careful shaping or tidying, often of edges or bushes
clipped
usually used for smaller, more exact cutting with scissors or shears

反義詞

overgrown
covered with grass or plants that have grown too long
uncut
left in its original long state

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'.

常見錯誤

❌The gardeners mown the grass before the wedding.

✅The gardeners mowed the grass before the wedding.' or 'The grass was mown before the wedding.

💡'mown' is not used alone as the main past-tense verb.

❌The field looks mow after the tractor passes.

✅The field looks mown after the tractor passes.

💡Use the participial adjective 'mown' to describe the cut result.

mown

mown — 動詞

1. the form of the verb 'mow' used with 'have', 'has', or 'had' for completed cutti

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤

mown — 形容詞

1. already cut short with a mower or similar tool, especially of grass, lawns, fiel

文法句型

用法筆記

常見錯誤