heath
heath — noun
1. a wide area of natural land covered with wild grasses and low plants, where the
a wide area of natural land covered with wild grasses and low plants, where the soil is poor and nothing is grown or built
The children loved running across the heath behind their grandmother's cottage.
Bao walked his dog across the heath every morning before sunrise.
preposition: across the heath
Before the farms expanded in the 1700s, the land around Cole's village was covered in heath and oak woodland.
The local walking club crosses the heath every Saturday to watch for deer and ground-nesting birds.
- moor
wetter and hillier than heath, with peat soil
- common
shared village land that may be used for grazing, not necessarily with poor soil
- wilderness
more general term for any wild, uninhabited area
- farmland
land cultivated for growing crops
- developed land
land with buildings, roads, or other construction
文法句型
the + heath (specific area)
heath as uncountable (land type)
用法筆記
In British English, heath often appears in place names (e.g. Hampstead Heath in London). It is similar to 'moor' but typically refers to lower, drier ground with sandy soil rather than wet, peaty terrain.
常見錯誤
2. a small bush that stays green all year, with tiny bell-shaped flowers, that grow
a small bush that stays green all year, with tiny bell-shaped flowers, that grows naturally on sandy or acidic ground
The heath in the front garden blooms with tiny pink flowers from November through February.
blooms + time range (from November through February)
Quinn planted several heath bushes along the sandy edge of the driveway.
countable: individual plants (heath bushes)
Each September, bumblebees visit the heath bushes near Takeshi's porch to collect pollen from the tiny pink bells.
The garden centre sells heath plants that grow well in acid soil.
文法句型
heath + noun (e.g. heath bush, heath plant)
a + heath (individual plant)
用法筆記
Heath (Erica) is a close relative of heather (Calluna). The main visual difference is that heath has needle-like leaves while heather has scale-like leaves. The two names are sometimes used loosely in gardening contexts.