a grange
grange 是可数名词,初次提及或泛指时用 a/an。
They bought a grange in the valley.
他们在山谷里买了一个农庄。
农庄;田庄
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农庄;田庄
an outlying farm
They bought a grange in the valley.
他们在山谷里买了一个农庄。
农庄;田庄
n. an outlying farm
The old grange stands at the edge of the village, surrounded by wheat fields.
那座旧农庄坐落在村子边缘,四周是麦田。
They turned the abandoned grange into a small museum.
他们把这处废弃的田庄改造成了一座小型博物馆。
Few travellers stop at the grange now, since the new road bypasses it.
现在很少有旅行者在这农庄停留,因为新公路绕过了它。
grange 是可数名词,初次提及或泛指时用 a/an。
They bought a grange in the valley.
他们在山谷里买了一个农庄。
特指双方都知道或已提到过的田庄时用 the。
The grange is surrounded by wheat fields.
那座田庄周围是麦田。
Not this
There are two grange on the hill.
Use this
There are two granges on the hill.
grange 是可数名词,复数形式必须加 -s 变为 granges;不能单复数同形。
Not this
They built a house near grange.
Use this
They built a house near a grange.
grange 是单数可数名词,单独使用前需要冠词或其他限定词;这里应加不定冠词 a。
Not this
We climbed the grange to see the view.
Use this
We climbed the range to see the view.
grange 意为“农庄、田庄”,而表示“山脉”的是 range;二者拼写相近,容易误用,注意区分。
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修道院田庄
The monks stored their harvest in the monastic grange.
修士们把收获的庄稼存放在修道院田庄里。
荒废的农庄
A ruined grange stood at the edge of the woods.
一座荒废的农庄立在树林边缘。
老农庄
They renovated the old grange into a bed-and-breakfast.
他们把老农庄改造成了民宿。
《格兰奇庄园》
I read The Adventure of the Grange last night.
我昨晚读了《格兰奇庄园》。
《格兰奇山》
My parents used to watch Grange Hill when they were children.
我父母小时候常看《格兰奇山》。
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grange 像 grain(谷物)+ range(一片),一片谷物田地就是农庄。
语域:formal 常见场景:历史叙述、文学描写、正式地产文书 该词多用于书面语或历史、文学语境,指偏远的农庄或田庄;日常口语中比较少见。
这些词都以 /eɪndʒ/ 结尾,与 grange (/ɡreɪndʒ/) 押韵。注意 orange (/ˈɒrɪndʒ/) 拼写相似,但读音不同,不押韵。
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