Grounds
[graɪnd]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.).
(noun.) dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue; 'it is a Middle Eastern custom to read your future in your coffee grounds'.
埃德温娜手打--From WordNet
同義詞及近義詞:
n. pl. Lees, dregs, sediment, grouts, precipitate, settlings.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A short walk brought us to a secluded road fringed with pleasant houses, each standing in its own grounds. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- The grounds were more than an acre and a quarter in extent, and they were filled with people! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- She must be persuaded to tell us, or she must be forced to tell us, on what grounds she bases her belief that you took the Moonstone. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Tell me what it is, explain the grounds on which you acted, and I shall be satisfied, in being able to satisfy you. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- It was really very large and beautiful and there were fine trees in the grounds. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- I offered the lady marriage, but she refused it on the grounds that such a match might mar my career. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Once clear of the grounds, the duties of hospitality (in Betteredge's code of morals) ceased, and the privileges of curiosity began. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They believe in life after death, where the spirit is surrounded with the pleasures of the happy hunting grounds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- This place, Deep Dene House, is a big modern villa of staring brick, standing back in its own grounds, with a laurel-clumped lawn in front of it. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- We are through the village, up the hill, and down the hill, and on the low watery grounds. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A strict divorce law might be like New York's: it would recognize few grounds for a decree. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- For the grounds of action, sir,' continued Dodson, with moral elevation in his air, 'you will consult your own conscience and your own feelings. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- He argues with much force on general grounds that species are not immutable productions. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
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