grass
US: /ˈɡɹæs/
UK: /ɡɹˈɑːs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
grass /grɑ:s/- danh từ
- cỏ
- bâi cỏ, đồng cỏ
- bãi cỏ, thảm cỏ (ở công viên)
- please, keep off the grass; do not walk on the grass: xin đừng đi lên cỏ, xin đừng giẫm lên bãi cỏ
- (số nhiều) cây thân cỏ
- (ngành mỏ) mặt đất
- to bring ore to grass: đưa quặng lên mặt đất
- (từ lóng) măng tây
- (thông tục) mùa xuân
- she will be two years old next grass: mùa xuân sang năm nó sẽ lên hai
- to be at grass
- đang gặm cỏ
- (nghĩa bóng) đang nghỉ ngơi; không có việc
- to cut the grass under somebody's feet
- phỗng tay trên ai, nâng tay trên ai
- to go to grass
- ra đồng ăn cỏ (súc vật)
- (từ lóng) ngã sóng soài (người)
- (từ lóng) chết
- to go grass!
- chết quách đi cho rồi
- to bear the grass grow
- rất thính tai
- not to let grass under one's feet
- không để mất thì giờ (khi làm một việc gì)
- to send to grass
- cho (súc vật) ra đồng ăn cỏ
- (từ lóng) đánh ngã sóng soài
- ngoại động từ
- để cỏ mọc; trồng cỏ
- đánh ngã sóng soài
- bắn rơi (chim); kéo (cá) về đất liền; đưa (quặng) lên mặt đất
- căng (vải...) trên cỏ để phơi
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 [U] a common wild plant with narrow green leaves and stems that are eaten by cows, horses, sheep, etc: a blade of grass + The dry grass caught fire.
2 [C] any type of grass: ornamental grasses
3 [sing., U] (usually the grass) an area of ground covered with grass: to cut / mow the grass + Don't walk on the grass.
4 [U] (slang) MARIJUANA
5 [C] (BrE, slang, usually disapproving) a person, usually a criminal, who tells the police about sb's criminal activities and plans
Compare: SUPERGRASS
Idioms: the grass is (always) greener on the other side (of the fence) (saying) said about people who never seem happy with what they have and always think that other people have a better situation than they have
not let the grass grow under your feet to not delay in getting things done
put sb out to grass (informal) to force sb to stop doing their job, especially because they are old
more at SNAKE n.
+ verb [V] ~ (on sb)(also grass sb up) (both BrE, informal) to tell the police about sb's criminal activities: Who grassed on us? + You can count on Sam not to grass. + You wouldn't grass up your mates, would you?
Phrasal Verbs: grass sth<->over to cover an area with grass
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 inform, betray, give away, Slang peach, squeal, snitch, squeak, tattle, rat on, sell out, Brit blow the gaff, nark:
He received a shorter sentence for grassing on his accomplices.
n.
2 traitor, informer, Slang stool-pigeon, stoolie, squealer, snitch, squeaker, rat, Brit nark:
A grass is treated roughly by fellow inmates.
Collocation
ADJ.
green | coarse, rough, thick | lush | long, tall | short | fresh-cut, freshly-cut, freshly-mown | damp, wet | dry | wild
QUANT.
blade
I've walked along that path for so many years I know every blade of grass.
| clump, tuft
There were only a few clumps of coarse grass for the animals to eat.
VERB + GRASS
eat | cut, mow | sow
GRASS + VERB
grow
GRASS + NOUN
clippings, cuttings | seed | verge
We parked on the grass verge by the side of the road.
PREP.
across the ~
They all set off across the grass.
| in the ~
I found the wallet lying in the grass.
| on the ~
You're not allowed to walk on the grass.
| through the ~
The dog came running through the long grass.
Concise dictionary
grasses|grassed|grassinggræs /grɑːsnoun
+narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
+German writer of novels and poetry and plays (born 1927)
+animal food for browsing or grazing
+street names for marijuana
verb
+shoot down, of birds
+cover with grass
+spread out clothes on the grass to let it dry and bleach
+cover with grass
+feed with grass
+give away information about somebody
