在英汉翻译中,"shrubbery"与"shrub"的用法辨析如下:
1. 词性差异:
- shrub(名词):指单株灌木植物
例:The gardener planted a flowering shrub by the gate.
(园丁在大门旁种了一株开花灌木)
- shrubbery(集合名词):指灌木丛或经过设计的灌木景观区域
例:The estate features extensive shrubbery along the pathways.
(庄园小径两旁种植着大片的灌木丛)
2. 语义侧重:
- shrub 强调植物个体特征(品种/形态)
- shrubbery 强调 ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
Shrubs collectively.
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
To lop; to prune.
To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.
A planting of shrubs; a wide border to a garden where shrubs are thickly planted; or a similar larger area with a path winding through it.
Shrubs collectively.
A woody plant smaller than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same base.
A liquor composed of vegetable acid, fruit juice (especially lemon), sugar, sometimes vinegar, and a small amount of spirit as a preservative. Modern shrub is usually non-alcoholic, but in earlier times it was often mixed with a substantial amount of spirit such as brandy or rum, thus making it a liqueur.
To lop; to prune.
To mispronounce a word by replacing its consonant sound(s) with another or others of a similar place of articulation.