sere
sere — 形容詞
- serepositive
- serercomparative
- serestsuperlative
1. so dry and lifeless that it has shrunk or turned brown, especially when plants n
枯乾的
乾枯失水的，尤指植物
so dry and lifeless that it has shrunk or turned brown, especially when plants no longer hold water
By August, the sere grass around the well had turned pale brown.
到了八月，井邊那片枯乾的草已經變成淡褐色。
collocation: sere grass for dried vegetation
A hot wind swept across the sere fields behind Kabir's family farm.
一陣熱風吹過 Kabir 家農場後方那片枯乾的田地。
The hikers crossed a sere hillside where even the small bushes looked dead.
健行的人走過一片枯乾的山坡，連矮小的灌木看起來都像死了一樣。
After months without rain, the garden looked sere beside the green riverbank.
好幾個月沒下雨後，花園在翠綠的河岸旁顯得格外枯乾。
文法句型
sere + grass/leaves/fields
look/seem sere
用法筆記
Mostly used in literary or descriptive writing about plants, fields, or landscapes after a long loss of water. Distinguish from everyday 'dry': 'sere' suggests a lifeless, withered look rather than simple absence of moisture.
2. worn so much that the cloth looks thin, old, and close to falling apart
破舊的
布料磨損得又薄又舊的
worn so much that the cloth looks thin, old, and close to falling apart
The actor stepped onstage in a sere black coat with frayed sleeves.
那名演員穿著一件破舊的黑色外套上台，袖口已經磨鬚了。
used of old fabric that has worn thin
A sere rug lay by the bed, worn thin by forty winters.
床邊放著一張破舊的地毯，被四十個冬天磨得很薄。
Grandfather still wore the sere sweater he had mended for years.
祖父仍穿著那件破舊的毛衣，那是他多年來一直縫補的。
The library found a sere flag in a box of war letters.
圖書館在一箱戰地書信裡找到一面破舊的旗子。
- threadbare
the usual modern word for cloth worn thin from long use
- frayed
focuses on edges or threads coming loose
- shabby
broader and often describes poor condition in general, not just thin cloth
文法句型
sere + coat/rug/cloth
a sere + fabric noun
用法筆記
This sense is rare and literary, and it is used for cloth or fabric objects that look worn by age and repeated use. Distinguish from sense 1: this meaning is about old material, not dried plants or land.
sere — 名詞
1. in ecology, the ordered set of plant and animal communities that replace one ano
演替序列
生態演替中依序更替的群落系列
in ecology, the ordered set of plant and animal communities that replace one another as an area develops over time
The biologist mapped the sere from bare rock to young pine woodland.
那位生物學家描繪出這個演替序列，從裸岩一路到年輕的松樹林。
the sere from one habitat stage to another
After the volcano cooled, students studied the new sere on the island slope.
火山冷卻後，學生們研究了島坡上新形成的演替序列。
The field guide explains each sere in the long recovery of the marsh.
那本野外指南解說了這片沼澤在長期復原過程中的每個演替序列。
Researchers compared one sere with another to measure how quickly the valley recovered.
研究人員比較不同的演替序列，以衡量山谷復原的速度有多快。
- successional sequence
a clearer modern phrase that names the same ecological idea
- ecological series
a broader technical label for a connected set of communities
文法句型
the sere from [starting stage] to [later stage]
study/map a sere
用法筆記
Used mainly in ecology and environmental science. It names the whole sequence of changing communities in an area, not one single stage within that sequence.