Word · Frequency #7220
reed
用芦苇盖（屋顶）
to cover a roof with reeds (thatch)
- 1.
To thatch.
用芦苇盖屋顶
- 2.
To mill or mint with reeding.
用滚花加工或铸造
在（硬币等）边缘压出滚花纹；（用滚花工艺）加工；用芦苇盖屋顶；用滚花加工或铸造；用芦苇盖；用小凸嵌线装饰
In use
Every spring, the villagers reed their roofs before the rainy season.
Last month, a local builder reeded our cottage roof to replace the worn thatch.
The edges of modern coins are reeded to make them more difficult to counterfeit.
reed sth
作“用芦苇盖屋顶”讲时，宾语常是 roof、hut、shed 等。
The workers reeded the roof of the old cottage.
工人们给那座旧农舍的屋顶盖上了芦苇。
be reeded
作“压滚花纹”讲时常见于被动语态，主语常是 coin、edge、medal 等。
The edges of the new coins are reeded to make them harder to counterfeit.
新硬币的边缘压有滚花纹，使其更难伪造。
Verb forms
base reed · third person reeds · -ing reeding · past reeded · past participle reeded
规则动词：reed 指用芦苇覆盖或编织。
Common mistakes
The roof needs reed.The roof needs reeding.
动词 reed 表示“用芦苇盖”，但 need 后不能直接接动词原形，需要接动名词（needs reeding）或不定式被动式（needs to be reeded）。
He reeded the roof by reeds.He reeded the roof with reeds.
reed 作动词表示“用芦苇覆盖”时，材料应该用介词 with 引导，表示“用……材料”；by 用来表示方式或施动者，不用于引出材料。
Connections
Collocations
- reed a roof
- 用芦苇盖屋顶
- The repair crew reeds the old roof every autumn.维修队每年秋天都会用芦苇翻盖那处旧屋顶。
- reed a coin
- 给硬币压滚花纹
- The factory reeds coins to prevent wear and shaving.工厂给硬币压滚花纹，以防磨损和偷刮金属。
- reeded edge
- 滚花边缘
- The reeded edge of a coin has many parallel grooves.硬币的滚花边缘有许多平行的凹槽。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：芦苇（reed）可盖屋顶；硬币边缘的滚花纹像一排芦苇秆，就记住了reed的滚花加工义。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：traditional roofing、coin minting 作动词时通常用于专门领域：一为用芦苇盖屋顶（多见于传统建筑），二为在硬币等边缘压制滚花纹（造币或金工语境）。日常口语很少用，正式或技术性文本中比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
其中 seed、need、feed、greed 和 read（现在时）与 reed 一样读 /iːd/，都押韵；注意 red 拼写相近但读 /rɛd/，不押韵；read 的过去式也读 /rɛd/。
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。
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