"grass-covered ground," c. 1300, from Old English sweard "skin, hide, rind" (of bacon, etc.), from Proto-Germanic *swarthu- (cognates: Old Frisian swarde "skin of the head," Middle Dutch swarde "rind of bacon," Dutch zwoord "rind of bacon," German Schwarte "thick, hard skin, rind," Old Norse svörðr "walrus hide"). Meaning "sod, turf" developed from the notion of the "skin" of the earth (compare Old Norse grassvörðr, Danish grønsvær "greensward").
双语例句
1. A lady in full feather approached the sentinel on the sward.
一个衣着华丽的女人走近了草地上的哨兵.
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2. An open sward was as smooth as any well - kept lawn.
空旷的草地平滑得跟特别保养的草皮一样.
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3. The sward is bared very closely.
割剩的茬很短.
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4. Rat, lingering, looked long and doubtfully at certain hoof - marks deep in the sward.
老鼠却在那里流连,久久地迷惑不解地看着深深印在草地上的蹄痕.
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5. Which does arbor, bush, sward cultivating growth in Jiangsu suitable have?