lawn: English has two words lawn. ‘Grassy area’ [16] is ultimately the same word as land. It is an alteration of an earlier laund ‘glade’, which came from Old French launde ‘heath’, a borrowing from the same prehistoric Germanic source as produced English land. Lawn was originally used for ‘glade’ too, and it was not until the 18th century that its present-day meaning emerged. Lawn ‘fine linen or cotton’ [15] probably comes from Laon, the name of a town in northern France where linen was formerly manufactured. => land
lawn (n.1)
"turf, stretch of grass," 1540s, laune "glade, open space between woods," from Middle English launde (c. 1300), from Old French lande "heath, moor, barren land; clearing" (12c.), from Gaulish (compare Breton lann "heath"), or from its Germanic cognate, source of English land (n.). The -d perhaps mistaken for an affix and dropped. Sense of "grassy ground kept mowed" first recorded 1733.
lawn (n.2)
"thin linen or cotton cloth," early 15c., probably from Laon, city in northern France, a center of linen manufacture. The town name is Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, of Celtic origin.
雙語例句
1. The windows overlooked a lawn of tall waving grass.
窗戶外邊是一塊草地，高高的草隨風搖擺。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He remembered mowing the lawn, lounging around the swimming pool.
他還記得修剪草坪、在泳池邊閑蕩的情景。
來自柯林斯例句
3. You can engage in croquet on the south lawn.
你可以參加南邊草坪上的槌球游戲。
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4. He continued to mow the lawn and do other routine chores.
他繼續剪草坪，并做些其他日常雜務。
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5. The Lawn Tennis Association suspended Mr Castle from the British team.