crabgrass

• n. 一种杂草

词源不详。可能是来自crab, 引申义差。比较horseradish, bullfrog.

crabgrass (n.)

c. 1600, from crab (n.1) + grass. Originally a marine grass of salt marshes; modern meaning is from 1743. Perhaps partly for its crooked form.

1. I'll weed out crabgrass from a lawn.

我将除去草坪上的蟋蟀草.

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2. The main plant is crabgrass and tail millet ( soil salinity representative of plants ) and other grass.

主要植物是马唐和鼠尾粟 ( 盐碱土壤的代表植物 ) 等茅草.

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3. Jackson , Kenneth T . Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985.

《杂草的前沿: 美国的郊区化》. 牛津: 牛津大学出版社, 1985.

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