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the sward
指特定区域的草皮。
The sward was thick and green.
那草皮又厚又绿。
草皮；草根土层
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
草皮；草根土层
the surface layer of soil with grass and its roots; sod, turf
The sward was thick and green.
那草皮又厚又绿。
表层长草的泥土；草皮、草地；(可数)一块这样的泥土。
Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth.
含有草和草根的地表层
surface layer of ground containing a mat of grass and grass roots
大片草地；草坪或牧场。
An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.
After the rain, the sward in the park felt soft and springy underfoot.
雨后，公园里的草皮踩上去柔软而富有弹性。
The sheep grazed slowly across the wide green sward.
羊群在宽阔的绿色草地上慢慢地吃草。
We spread our picnic blanket on the smooth sward beside the river.
我们在河边的平整草地上铺开野餐垫。
指特定区域的草皮。
The sward was thick and green.
那草皮又厚又绿。
a sward of grass
一片草地
复数形式，指多片草皮。
swards of green turf
一片片绿草皮
Not this
He drew his sward from the scabbard.
Use this
He drew his sword from the scabbard.
sward（草地）与 sword（剑）发音相同但意义不同，学习者常因拼写混淆而误用。
Not this
The garden has many green sward.
Use this
The garden has many green swards.
sward 是可数名词，复数形式为 swards；中文中“草地”常作不可数名词，导致学习者忽略复数变化。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
绿草地；青翠的草地
The sheep grazed on the green sward.
羊群在绿草地上吃草。
长满草的草地
A grassy sward stretched to the river.
一片长满草的草地延伸到河边。
起伏的草地
We walked across the rolling sward of the park.
我们穿过公园起伏的草地。
修剪得很短的草皮
The close-cropped sward of the bowling green was immaculate.
滚球草坪上修剪得很短的草皮十分平整。
茂密的草皮
A thick sward covered the old meadow.
茂密的草皮覆盖着那片老草地。
一片草地
A sward of grass lay before the house.
房前有一片草地。
Use sward naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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同音近 sword（剑），想象一把剑插在草皮上，sward 就是那片草皮、草地。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、poetry、formal landscape descriptions sward 是偏文学/正式的用词，通常出现在诗歌、小说或正式的风物描写中，日常口语很少见；想表达‘草地、草坪’时，日常更常用 lawn 或 grass。
sward rhymes with ward, board, and lord (all end in /ɔrd/ in General American). Be careful with lookalikes that sound different: swarm /swɔrm/ and swarthy /ˈswɔrði/ share the swar- spelling but have different endings; guard /ɡɑrd/ has the same -ard spelling but is pronounced /ɑrd/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.