Weed

(noun.) a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning.

(noun.) any plant that crowds out cultivated plants.

(verb.) clear of weeds; 'weed the garden'.

编辑:沃尔夫冈

• It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A weed like the Russian thistle, for instance, will defy all usual means for its extermination. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• But I shall get on best at Chesney Wold, where there's more room for a weed than there is here; and the dear old lady will be made happy besides. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Taking the weed from his lips, he threw the remnant amongst the shrubswhere, for a moment, it lay glowing in the gloom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Kelp is a species of sea-weed, which, when burnt, yields an alkaline salt, useful for making glass, soap, and for several other purposes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• But education is not a weed that will grow lustily in any soil, it is a necessary and delicate crop that may easily wilt and degenerate. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• But it ain't weed neither. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Notwithstanding the lapse of time that had occurred since Mr. Heep's decease, she still wore weeds. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• St. Clare was a good deal affected at the sight of it; the little book had been rolled in a long strip of black crape, torn from the funeral weeds. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Coarse grass and rank weeds straggled over all the marshy land in the vicinity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The duties which they perform are to loosen the earth, destroy the weeds, and throw the loosened earth around the growing plant. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• All weeds are removed and great care is used with the young trees. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• There were plant animals, rooted and joined together like plants, and loose weeds that waved in the waters. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Thuret has observed the same fact with certain sea-weeds or Fuci. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• There will be a weeding out of the white in favour of the brown in each generation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• A child was weeding one of the little beds; as he stopped, he raised his pale face and disclosed the features of one of his former companions. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Selection aims not only at simplifying but at weeding out what is undesirable. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Duffy--who was occasionally employed in weeding the garden, and who had seen Rosanna Spearman as lately as half-an-hour since. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Out in the fields he could see still other women hoeing, weeding, or gathering. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Non-aristocratic officers were to be weeded from the army; the power of the church over private life was to be extended. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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