grasses的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-MASS草；青草

Grass is a very common plant consisting of large numbers of thin, spiky, green leaves that cover the surface of the ground.

• Small things stirred in the grass around the tent...

  一些小東西在帳篷四周的草叢裡窸窸窣窣地動著。

• The lawn contained a mixture of grasses.

  草坪上生長著各種青草。

N-SING草地；草坪；草場

If you talk about the grass, you are referring to an area of ground that is covered with grass, for example in your garden.

• In the old days, there were strict fines for walking on the grass or missing a study period...

  過去，踩踏草坪或曠課都會被重金處罰。

• I'm going to cut the grass.

  我要去修剪草坪了。

N-UNCOUNT同marijuana

Grass is the same as marijuana .

• I started smoking grass when I was about sixteen.

  我大約16歲的時候開始吸大麻。

VERB（向警方等）揭發，告發

If you say that one person grasses on another, the first person tells the police or other authorities about something criminal or wrong which the second person has done.

• His wife wants him to grass on the members of his own gang...

  妻子要他向警方告發他所在團伙的成員。

• He was repeatedly attacked by other inmates, who accused him of grassing.

  他屢遭指責他告密的其他囚犯的毆打。

N-COUNT告密者；揭發者

A grass is someone who tells the police or other authorities about criminal activities that they know about.

PHRASE草是那邊綠；這山望著那山高

If you say the grass is greener somewhere else, you mean that other people's situations always seem better or more attractive than your own, but may not really be so.

• He was very happy with us but wanted to see if the grass was greener elsewhere.

  他對我們感到十分滿意，但還想看看是否有更合適的人選。

PHRASE（因年老等）被辭退，遭解僱

If you say that someone is being put out to grass, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.

• The Prime Minister refused to be put out to grass. Asked if he would quit, he replied: 'The answer is No'.

  首相拒絕被解除職務，當問到他是否會辭職時，他說，“我的回答是不。”