heath

heath — 名詞

1. a wide area of natural land covered with wild grasses and low plants, where the

1.名詞B2
釋義

荒原

未開墾的貧瘠野地

a wide area of natural land covered with wild grasses and low plants, where the soil is poor and nothing is grown or built

例句

The children loved running across the heath behind their grandmother's cottage.

孩子們喜歡在祖母小屋後方的荒原上奔跑。

Bao walked his dog across the heath every morning before sunrise.

Bao 每天日出前帶他的狗穿越荒原散步。

preposition: across the heath

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞

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

❌The area is covered with health.
✅The area is covered with heath.
💡'Heath' is a type of land; 'health' is a completely different word about physical condition.

2. a small bush that stays green all year, with tiny bell-shaped flowers, that grow

2.名詞C1
釋義

歐石楠

小型常綠灌木，開鍾形花

a small bush that stays green all year, with tiny bell-shaped flowers, that grows naturally on sandy or acidic ground

例句

The heath in the front garden blooms with tiny pink flowers from November through February.

前院裡的歐石楠從十一月到二月會開出小小的粉紅色花朵。

blooms + time range (from November through February)

Quinn planted several heath bushes along the sandy edge of the driveway.

Quinn 在車道的沙質邊緣種了幾叢歐石楠。

countable: individual plants (heath bushes)

同義詞
  • heather

    often confused with heath; the two belong to different genera within the same family

  • Erica

    the botanical genus name for true heaths

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.

常見錯誤

❌The hillside was purple with flowering heath.' (when referring to Calluna vulgaris)
✅The hillside was purple with flowering heather.
💡Heather (Calluna) is the plant that typically covers large hillsides with purple flowers; heath (Erica) is a different genus.