frond
frond — 名詞
- frondsingular
- frondsplural
1. A frond is one of the large, feather-like leaves that grow on ferns, palm trees,
蕨葉；棕櫚葉
蕨類、棕櫚等植物的長形複葉
A frond is one of the large, feather-like leaves that grow on ferns, palm trees, and cycad plants. Fronds are usually made of many narrow parts arranged along a central stem, giving them a divided appearance.
Thiago found a dried fern frond on the forest path and took it home.
Thiago 在森林小徑上撿到一片乾燥的蕨葉，帶回了家。
fern frond — collocation with plant type
Every spring, the young fern fronds uncurl slowly, reaching toward the warm sunlight.
每到春天，年輕的蕨葉緩緩展開，迎向溫暖的陽光。
young fern fronds uncurl — growth verb + frond
A large cycad frond spread out like a green fan beside the garden path.
一片巨大的蘇鐵葉像綠色扇子般在花園小徑旁展開。
Amara pressed the delicate fern frond between the pages of her notebook to keep it flat.
Amara 把那片纖細的蕨葉夾在筆記本裡壓平。
When the old palm fronds turn brown, the gardener trims them from the trunk.
當老舊的棕櫚葉轉黃時，園丁就會把它們從樹幹上修剪掉。
文法句型
frond + of + [plant]
[plant type] + frond
用法筆記
Often used together with the plant name, as in 'fern frond' or 'palm frond'. Fronds grow from the stem or trunk of the plant, not from branches. Unlike ordinary leaves, fronds are typically large and divided into many smaller parts.
常見錯誤
2. In some seaweeds, lichens, and similar organisms, a frond is the flat, leaf-shap
藻葉；葉狀體
海藻、地衣等生物類似葉子的構造
In some seaweeds, lichens, and similar organisms, a frond is the flat, leaf-shaped part of the body that grows outward from where it attaches to a surface such as a rock or the ocean floor.
After the storm, long brown seaweed fronds lay scattered across the sandy beach.
暴風雨過後，長長的褐色藻葉散落在沙灘上。
seaweed fronds — collocation with organism type
Kenji collected a bright green seaweed frond from the rock pool for his science project.
Kenji 從潮池裡採了一片鮮綠色的藻葉，作為自然科專題作業的材料。
The lichen fronds on the old stone wall turned deep orange after the rain.
老石牆上的地衣葉狀體在雨後變成了深橙色。
Under the clear water, the kelp fronds swayed gently with the moving waves.
清澈的海水之下，巨藻的葉狀體隨著波浪輕輕擺動。
When Hana examined the seaweed frond under a lens, she could see its tiny air pockets.
Hana 用放大鏡觀察那片藻葉時，看到了上面細小的氣囊。
- thallus
Scientific term for the plant body of seaweeds and lichens that has no true stems, leaves, or roots. 'Frond' is a more everyday word for the leaf-like part of a thallus.
- kelp
Refers to a specific type of large seaweed. 'Kelp' names the whole plant, whereas 'frond' names only its leaf-like parts.
文法句型
[seaweed type] + frond
frond + of + [organism]
用法筆記
Used mainly in biology and nature writing. Unlike sense 1, the frond here is not a true leaf — it is a thallus, meaning a plant body that is not divided into stems and leaves. The organisms in this sense (seaweeds, lichens) do not belong to the same plant groups as ferns or palms.