词源

源自中古英語 、，源自古英語 、 (“树林，矮林”)，对比英語 。与古英語 、 (“矮林，树丛”)和古英語 (“树丛”)有关。更多参见。

发音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ɡɹəʊv/
• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ɡɹoʊv/

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• 韻部：-əʊv

名词

(複數)

1. 小树林，林子
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long，頁號 160:

     Religious sodomy was practised by male prostitutes in the Hebrew temple groves, which was one of the abominations of Israel that Josiah cleared away.

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

2. 果园
3. (德鲁伊教，巫术宗教) 礼拜场所
4. 古代德鲁伊教的房子

动词

(第三人稱單數簡單現在時，現在分詞，一般過去時及過去分詞)

1. 培育树林
   • 1841, R, Sapp, Orchard Lake, in L. L. Hamline (editor), The Ladies Repository, Volume 1, page 165,

     It is called "Orchard Lake," from the fact, that near the centre is an island embracing an area of about fifty acres of land, well groved with different kinds of shrubbery; and near the centre of this island stand a number of aged apple-trees, planted, perhaps, a century since by the hand of some Indian.

   • 1822, Robert Chapman, The Topographical Picture of Glasgow in its Ancient and Modern State, 3rd Edition, page 195,

     The trees and shrubs are not arranged after any particular system, but are scattered or groved together in various parts of the garden.

   • 1984, Queensland Botany Bulletin, Issue 3, Department of Primary Industries, page 82,

     Virtually recognizable groving occurs in some A. aneura associations in the west. Further east some diffuse groving may occur, but is difficult to recognize without the benefit of aerial photographs.

2. (林業，指树) 周期性收获来保持树的整齐并保证将来的收成
   • 1842 February 5, The Gardeners Chronicle, page 86,

     In Herefordshire, especially on the northern and eastern sides, Oak timber abounds; and in many of the woods it is usual to have felling at periods varying from sixteen to twenty years; the straightest and handsomest are left for timber, or, as it is called, groved; and they are from time to time thinned, and a regular distance kept between them. The effect produced on these groved trees is, that from being exposed to air and sun, the rapidity of their growth is increased in bulk, height, and quality; and in sixty or eighty years they become valuable timber.

3. 沿着直线犁或凿
   • 1823, Instinct, in "Sholto and Reuben Percy" (Thomas Byerley), The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 9: Instinct—Ingenuity, page 138,

     Very frequently, however, to shorten the distance to the upper nurseries, where they^{[the ants]} have to take the eggs, they project an arch of about ten inches in length, and half an inch in breadth, groved or worked into steps, on its upper surface, to allow of a more easy passage.

   • 1841, New York State Assembly, Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 2, page 14,

     The floor of first story and piazza to be laid with Georgia pine, in narrow courses planed, groved and tongued, and laid in the best manner.

异序词

形容词

1. 的定
2. 的複數

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形容词

1. 的屈折形式

其他形式

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词源

继承自古英語 、。

发音

• (Early Middle English) 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈɡrɑːv(ə)/
• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈɡrɔːv(ə)/

名词

(复数 )

1. 小树林，林子

形容词

1. 的定單數
2. 的複數

形容词

1. 的定單數
2. 的複數