English主要词典
green
Universal Words
adjective, noun, verb
adjective (greener, greenest)
colour
1 having the colour of grass or the leaves of most plants and trees:
green beans * Wait for the light to turn green (= on traffic lights).
covered with grass
2 covered with grass or other plants:
green fields / hills * After the rains, the land was green with new growth.
fruit
3 not yet ripe:
green tomatoes
person
4 (informal) (of a person) young and lacking experience:
The new trainees are still very green.
5 (of a person or their skin) being a pale colour, as if the person is going to VOMIT:
It was a rough crossing and most of the passengers looked distinctly green.
politics
6 concerned with the protection of the environment; supporting the protection of the environment as a political principle:
green politics / tourism * Try to adopt a greener lifestyle. * the Green Party
greenness noun [U]:
the greenness of the countryside * Supermarkets have started proclaiming the greenness of their products.
IDIOMS
green with envy very jealous
moreatGRASSn.
noun
colour
1 [U,C] the colour of grass and the leaves of most plants and trees:
the green of the countryside in spring * The room was decorated in a combination of greens and blues. * She was dressed all in green.
vegetables
2 (greens) [pl.] (especially BrE) green vegetables:
Eat up your greens.
area of grass
3 [C] (BrE) an area of grass, especially in the middle of a town or village:
Children were playing on the village green.
4 [C] (in golf) an area of grass cut short around a hole in a golf course:
the 18th green * Did the ball land on the green?
seealsoBOWLINGGREEN, PUTTINGGREEN
politics
5 (the Greens) [pl.] the Green Party (= the party whose main aim is the protection of the environment)
verb [VN]
create parks
1 to create parks and other areas with trees and plants in a city:
projects for greening the inner cities
politics
2 to make sb more aware of issues connected with the environment:
an attempt to green industry bosses
greening noun [U]:
the greening of British politics
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