Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense gardens, present participle gardening, past tense, past participle gardened
1N-COUNT (住宅旁的)花园,菜园,庭园,园子(美国英语中表示此义时常用yard,而garden仅用来指花园和菜园) 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)花园,菜园,庭园,园子(美国英语中表示此义时常用yard,而garden仅用来指花园和菜园)
2VERB 干园艺活;种植花木 If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting. 干园艺活;种植花木
Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends. [VERB]
吉姆周末帮忙打理朋友家的花园。
gardening
I have taken up gardening again.
我又开始干起了园艺活。
3N-PLURAL 公园Gardens are places like a park that have areas of plants, trees, and grass, and that people can visit and walk around. 公园
The Gardens are open from 10.30am until 5pm.
公园从上午10点半到下午5点之间开放。
...Kensington Gardens.
肯辛顿公园
4N-IN-NAMES (用于街名)园,街,广场Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street. (用于街名)园,街,广场
He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.
他住在金合欢街9号。
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