lawn

lawn — 名詞

1. a flat piece of land beside a building or inside a public park where short grass

1.名詞A2
釋義

草地；草坪

修剪整齊的短草地面

a flat piece of land beside a building or inside a public park where short grass is grown and mown often to keep the area neat

例句

The children rolled down the lawn and laughed in the sunshine.

孩子們在草坪上滾來滾去，在陽光下放聲大笑。

Every Sunday, Esteban mows the front lawn before breakfast.

每個星期天，Esteban 都會在早餐前修剪前院的草坪。

collocation: mow the lawn / front lawn

同義詞
  • grassy area

    more general; any ground covered in grass

  • yard

    American English for the whole outdoor area around a house, which may include a lawn

  • green

    specifically a common grassy area in the middle of a village or for sports, not beside a house

文法句型

[article/determiner] + lawn

on the lawn

the front/back/side lawn

用法筆記

Countable noun. Distinguish from field (a large open area, usually used for farming or sports) and meadow (a wild grassy area in nature). A lawn is specifically a maintained grass area right next to a building.

常見錯誤

❌Please don’t walk on the grass' (when referring to the maintained area near a house).
✅Please don’t walk on the lawn.
💡'grass' refers to the plant itself; 'lawn' refers to the whole area of mown grass, typically beside a building.

2. a thin, smooth cotton or linen fabric with a tight weave, used especially for ma

2.名詞C1
釋義

細棉布

薄而平滑的棉質或麻質布料

a thin, smooth cotton or linen fabric with a tight weave, used especially for making light summer clothes such as shirts, blouses, and dresses

例句

The tailor picked a soft lawn fabric for Christopher’s summer shirt.

裁縫師選了一塊柔軟的細棉布，來做 Christopher 的夏季襯衫。

collocation: lawn fabric

Shirin wore a white lawn dress that felt cool in the afternoon heat.

Shirin 穿了一件白色細棉布洋裝，在下午的暑氣中感覺涼爽。

collocation: lawn dress

同義詞
  • cambric

    a similar thin cotton fabric, slightly more see-through than lawn

  • batiste

    a very fine, lightweight cotton or linen fabric, very similar to lawn

  • cotton voile

    a semi-sheer lightweight cotton fabric, less stiff than lawn

文法句型

lawn + [noun]

[adjective] + lawn

made of lawn

用法筆記

Uncountable when referring to the fabric in general ('made of lawn'), but countable when naming a specific type ('a fine cotton lawn'). This sense is uncommon in everyday speech and appears mainly in fashion, tailoring, or textile contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The shirt is made of fine lawn linen.
✅The shirt is made of fine lawn.
💡'lawn' already names the type of fine cloth; adding 'linen' is redundant unless you need to specify the fibre.