ldoce_130_igar·den1 /ˈɡɑːdn $ ˈɡɑːr-/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1 [countableC] British EnglishBrEDLG the area of land next to a house, where there are flowers, grass, and other plants, and often a place for people to sit 〔屋子旁边的〕花园,园子 SYN American English yard He’s outside in the garden. 他在外面花园里。
Grace brought us some flowers from her garden. 格雷丝给我们送来一些她花园里的花。
back/front garden (=at the back or front of the house) 后花园/前花园
→5 See picture of wheelbarrow 独轮手推车, rake耙子, watering can洒水壶 ... 2 [countableC] a part of the area next to a house, which has plants and flowers in it 〔屋子旁边的〕园地,庭园 The house has a beautiful herb garden. 那房子有一个美丽的百草园。
3 gardens [plural]DLG a large area of land where plants and flowers are grown so that the public can go and see them 公园 the Botanical Gardens at Kew 基尤的植物园
4 Gardens British EnglishBrETTR used in the name of streets 街〔用于街道名称〕 211 Roland Gardens 罗兰街211号
→ kitchen garden, market garden, → lead somebody up the garden path at lead1(12)n COLLOCATIONS – Meanings 1 & 2ADJECTIVES/NOUN + gardenovergrown (=covered with plants that have grown in an uncontrolled way)The garden is getting rather overgrown.
well-kept/tidy British EnglishBrE (also neat American EnglishAmE)The hotel is set in a well-kept garden.
untidyThere was a small untidy garden behind the house.
the front garden British EnglishBrE (=at the front of a house)Their house had a small front garden.
the back garden British EnglishBrE (=behind a house)The children are playing in the back garden.
a flower/rose garden (=a garden planted with flowers/roses)The cottage was surrounded by a flower garden.
a kitchen garden British EnglishBrE (=where you grow fruit and vegetables)The kitchen garden supplies vegetables to the manor house.
a vegetable/herb garden (=where vegetables/herbs are grown)Rows of lettuces had been sown in the vegetable garden.
a rock garden (=a garden with rocks that have plants growing between them)She helped me choose plants for the rock garden.
verbswater the gardenIt hasn’t rained for a week – I should water the garden.
weed the garden (=remove unwanted wild plants)She was outside weeding the garden.
plant a gardenThey planted a beautiful rose garden in her memory.
garden + NOUNa garden shed (=a small building in the garden for storing tools and equipment)We keep the lawnmower in the garden shed.
garden tools (=tools that you use for digging, planting etc in the garden)Choose the right garden tool and you’ll do the job properly.
a garden centre British EnglishBrE, a garden center American EnglishAmE (=a shop selling plants and things for the garden)I bought the plants at the garden centre.
garden furniture (=chairs and tables used in a garden)Garden furniture sells well when the weather is warm.
a garden hose (=a long rubber tube used for watering a garden)He accidentally left the garden hose running.
a garden pond (=a small area of water in a garden)The garden pond was full of fish.
a garden gnome (=a stone or plastic figure in a garden, which looks like a little old man with a pointed hat)Somebody had stolen one of their garden gnomes.
the garden gate (= the gate between a garden and the street)Martin was waiting by the garden gate.
a garden pathElaine walked up the garden path and into the house.
garden waste (=grass, leaves etc that you have cut and do not want)The brown bin is for garden waste.
phrasesthe bottom of the garden British EnglishBrE (=the end of the garden, away from the house)There was a trampoline at the bottom of the garden.
n THESAURUSareas and structures in a gardenlawn [countableC] an area of short grass in a gardenThey were sitting on the front lawn of the house.
flowerbed [countableC] an area of ground where you grow flowersThe flowerbeds were well maintained.
rockery [countableC] British EnglishBrE an area of a garden where there are rocks with small flowers growing between them vegetable patch/plot [countableC] (also kitchen garden British EnglishBrE) a part of a garden where you grow vegetables decking [uncountableU] a flat wooden area in a garden, where people can sit pond [countableC] a small area of water in a garden
shed [countableC] a small wooden building in a garden, where you can store things work you do in a gardencut the grass/mow the lawn to cut grass using a machineI need to mow the lawn.
trim a hedge to make a hedge look neater by cutting small pieces off itHedges need to be trimmed regularly in summer.
cut back/prune shrubs to cut pieces off a bush in order to make it grow betterMarch is the ideal time for pruning roses.
weed the flowerbeds/do some weeding to remove unwanted plantsDad was doing some weeding.
sow seeds to put seeds in the groundThe children had been sowing sunflower seeds.
plant a plant/tree to put a plant or tree in the ground so that it will growThey’d planted a row of cherry trees.
deadhead plants to remove the dead or dying flowers from a plantWhen deadheading roses, make sure you use sharp pruning scissors.