Word · Frequency #15133
greenery
绿叶;绿色植物
green foliage
- 1.
Green foliage or verdure.
绿叶或青翠。
- 2.
green foliage
绿色植物
- 3.
Foliage used as decoration.
用作装饰的枝叶。
绿叶或青翠。;绿色植物;用作装饰的枝叶。;绿叶;绿树
In use
The office balcony is full of greenery, which makes the break room feel calm.
After the rain, the city park looked brighter because of all the fresh greenery.
She decorated the wedding hall with simple greenery instead of expensive flowers.
the greenery of [place]
greenery 通常作不可数名词,表示“绿色植物/绿叶”的总称;复数形式 greeneries 较少见。
Visitors love the greenery of the park.
游客们喜欢公园里的绿色植物。
a [quantity] of greenery
用 a patch of / an area of 等量词可以表示“一片绿色植物”。
We found a small patch of greenery in the middle of the city.
我们在市中心找到了一小片绿色植物。
be surrounded by greenery
Connections
Collocations
- lush greenery
- 茂密的绿色植物
- The garden was filled with lush greenery.花园里长满了茂密的绿色植物。
- dense greenery
- 茂密的绿植
- Dense greenery lined the hiking trail.徒步小径两旁是茂密的绿植。
- surrounded by greenery
- 被绿色植物环绕
- The hotel is surrounded by greenery.这家酒店被绿色植物环绕。
- city greenery
- 城市绿化
- City greenery helps reduce air pollution.城市绿化有助于减少空气污染。
- a backdrop of greenery
- 绿植背景
- The wedding photos had a beautiful backdrop of greenery.婚礼照片的背景是美丽的绿植。
- add greenery
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想:green(绿)+ ery,眼前满是大片绿叶和绿树,一片生机盎然的绿色植物就是 greenery。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:描述自然风景或户外环境、园艺、室内植物或装饰布置 greenery 通常泛指绿叶或绿色植物,属于中性常用词;多用于描述自然景观或园艺装饰,正式和非正式场合都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 greenery 真正押韵的是 scenery(/ˈsiːnɚi/),二者都含 /iːnɚi/ 且重音在首音节。machinery 拼写相似,但重音在第二音节,不押韵;nursery、bakery、surgery、eatery 都带 -ery 后缀,但元音或辅音不同,读起来都与 greenery 不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.