garden
Definitions
A piece of ground, often near a house, used for growing flowers, vegetables, or fruit.
花园；菜园；庭院（常在房屋附近，用于种植花卉、蔬菜或果树）。
To tend or cultivate a garden.
从事园艺；侍弄花园。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedgard (watch over, guard) — a garden was originally a gardin, an enclosed plot you watched over and fenced off from animals. The protection sense came first; the idea of a planted, cultivated space grew out of it.
Root gard still carries 11 more wordsWhy It Means This
It feels strange that 'garden' and 'guard' share a root, but the link is the fence. Before it meant flowers, a garden meant an enclosure — a guarded, protected patch of earth. Only later did the contents (plants) come to define the word more than the wall around them.
Common Collocations
- 1.botanical garden植物园
- 2.vegetable garden菜园
- 3.garden shed花园棚屋
- 4.front garden前院花园
- 5.garden party花园派对
Example Sentences
- 1.
She spends every weekend working in her vegetable garden.
- 2.
We sat in the garden drinking tea in the afternoon sun.
- 3.
He loves to garden, even in the cold months.
Synonym Comparison
- garden — a cultivated plot of flowers/vegetables, usually private
- yard — (AmE) the open ground around a house, paved or grassy, not necessarily planted
- park — a large public green space
- orchard — specifically for growing fruit trees
- plot — a measured patch of land, often an allotment