Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gardens, present participle gardening, past tense, past participle gardened
1N-COUNT (住宅旁的)花園,菜園,庭園,園子(美國英語中表示此義時常用yard,而garden僅用來指花園和菜園) In British English, a garden is a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word is yard, and a garden refers only to land which is used for growing flowers and vegetables. (住宅旁的)花園,菜園,庭園,園子(美國英語中表示此義時常用yard,而garden僅用來指花園和菜園)
2VERB 幹園藝活;種植花木 If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting. 幹園藝活;種植花木
Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends. [VERB]
吉姆周末幫忙打理朋友家的花園。
gardening
I have taken up gardening again.
我又開始幹起了園藝活。
3N-PLURAL 公園Gardens are places like a park that have areas of plants, trees, and grass, and that people can visit and walk around. 公園
The Gardens are open from 10.30am until 5pm.
公園從上午10點半到下午5點之間開放。
...Kensington Gardens.
肯辛頓公園
4N-IN-NAMES (用於街名)園,街,廣場Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street. (用於街名)園,街,廣場
He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.
他住在金合歡街9號。
Quotations
We must cultivate our gardensVoltaireCandide
God Almighty first planted a garden, and, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasuresFrancis BaconEssays
The kiss of the sun for pardon, The song of the birds for mirth, One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earthDorothy Frances GurneyGod's Garden
Paradise haunts gardens, and some gardens are paradisesDerek JarmanDerek Jarman's Garden
If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill your pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a gardenChinese proverb