verdure

IPA/ˈvɜːdʒə(r)/
IPA/ˈvɜːrdʒər/

verdure — 名詞

1. the fresh green color and thick plant growth seen across a healthy landscape, es

1.名詞C2
釋義

青翠

草木繁茂而鮮綠的景象

the fresh green color and thick plant growth seen across a healthy landscape, especially in formal or literary description.

例句

August rain restored verdure to the rice fields outside Tainan.

八月的雨讓台南郊外的稻田恢復青翠。

verdure + to [landscape] after rain

From the ferry, Kevin watched verdure spread over the cliffs of Jeju.

從渡輪上,Kevin 看著青翠漸漸覆上濟州島的峭壁。

常見搭配
  • lush verdure
  • spring verdure
  • verdure of the hills
  • tropical verdure
  • verdure returned
同義詞
  • greenery

    more everyday; often refers to visible plants in a place or display

  • foliage

    focuses more narrowly on leaves rather than the whole green scene

  • vegetation

    broader and more scientific; used for plant cover in ecology or geography

反義詞
  • barrenness

    the state of having little or no plant life

  • aridity

    dryness that prevents rich green growth

文法句型

the verdure of [place]

mass noun in descriptive writing

用法筆記

Mostly found in literary, formal, or travel-style writing about a whole scene, not everyday conversation. It usually describes the green look of a landscape rather than one individual plant.

常見錯誤

The park has many verdure in spring.
The park has a lot of verdure in spring.
'verdure' is uncountable and has no plural form.
She admired the verdure of one rose.
She admired the rose's bright green leaves.
'verdure' normally describes the green plant life of a wider scene, not a single flower.

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常見搭配

常用片語

  • lush verdure
  • spring verdure
  • verdure of the hills
  • verdure after rain

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