lawn /ˈlɔn, ˈlɑn/
草地,草坪,薄麻布
lawn /ˈlɔn, ˈlɑn/ 名詞
Lawn n.
1. An open space between woods.
=\“Orchard lawns and bowery hollows.”\= --Tennyson.
2. Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
Lawn mower, a machine for clipping the short grass of lawns.
Lawn tennis, a variety of the game of tennis, played in the open air, sometimes upon a lawn, instead of in a tennis court. See Tennis.
Lawn, n. A very fine linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric with a rather open texture. Lawn is used for the sleeves of a bishop's official dress in the English Church, and, figuratively, stands for the office itself.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
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lawn
n : a field of cultivated and mowed grass