landscape
英 ['læn(d)skeɪp]
美 ['lænd'skep]
- n. 風景；風景畫；景色；山水畫；鄉村風景畫；地形
- vt. 對…做景觀美化，給…做園林美化；從事庭園設計
- vi. 美化（環境等），使景色宜人；從事景觀美化工作，做庭園設計師
助記提示
1. scape 的同源詞：scepter, shaft.
2. scepter: from Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skeptron "staff," from root of skeptesthai "to prop oneself." Cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft).
中文詞源
landscape 陸地風景，鄉村風景land,陸地，-scape,形狀，狀況，詞源同shape.原用於繪畫術語指自然風景畫，後來由該詞衍生後綴-scape,表示風景。
英文詞源
- landscape (n.)
- c. 1600, "painting representing natural scenery," from Dutch landschap, from Middle Dutch landscap "region," from land "land" (see land) + -scap "-ship, condition" (see -ship). Originally introduced as a painters' term. Old English had cognate landscipe, and compare similarly formed Old High German lantscaf, German Landschaft, Old Norse landskapr. Meaning "tract of land with its distinguishing characteristics" is from 1886.
- landscape (v.)
- "to lay out lawns, gardens, etc., plant trees for the sake of beautification," by 1916, from landscape (n). Related: Landscaped; landscaping.
雙語例句
- 1. Wind turbines are large and noisy and they disfigure the landscape.
- 風力渦輪機個頭大、噪音響，還會破壞周邊風景。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.
- 有一會兒，他怔怔地注視著周圍的景物。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The Shropshire landscape was an influence on Owen too.
- 什羅普郡的風景也對歐文產生了影響。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.
- 那座紀念碑聳立在方圓數英裏景致之中顯得近乎難看。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The landscape is broken only by a string of villages.
- 這片風景中隻有一排村莊。
來自柯林斯例句