1. scape 的同源词: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).
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.
1. Wind turbines are large and noisy and they disfigure the landscape.
风力涡轮机个头大、噪音响,还会破坏周边风景。
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2. He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.
有一会儿,他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。
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3. The Shropshire landscape was an influence on Owen too.
什罗普郡的风景也对欧文产生了影响。
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4. The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.
那座纪念碑耸立在方圆数英里景致之中显得近乎难看。
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5. The landscape is broken only by a string of villages.
1. scape 的同源词: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).
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.
双语例句
1. Wind turbines are large and noisy and they disfigure the landscape.
风力涡轮机个头大、噪音响,还会破坏周边风景。
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2. He was lost in the con-templation of the landscape for a while.
有一会儿,他怔怔地注视着周围的景物。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The Shropshire landscape was an influence on Owen too.
什罗普郡的风景也对欧文产生了影响。
来自柯林斯例句
4. The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.
那座纪念碑耸立在方圆数英里景致之中显得近乎难看。
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5. The landscape is broken only by a string of villages.