gardening

1. N-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.
   1. ...the most beautiful garden on Earth.
      世界上最漂亮的花园
2. VERB 干园艺活；种植花木
   If you garden, you do work in your garden such as weeding or planting.
   1. Jim gardened at the homes of friends on weekends.
      吉姆周末帮忙打理朋友家的花园。
3. N-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.
   1. 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。
   2. ...Kensington Gardens.
      肯辛顿公园
4. N-IN-NAMES （用于街名）园，街，广场
   Gardens is sometimes used as part of the name of a street.
   1. He lives at 9, Acacia Gardens.
      他住在金合欢街9号。

1. Gardening is very popular in Britain
   园艺在英国非常受欢迎。
2. I've definitely been bitten by the gardening bug
   我被园艺彻底迷住了。
3. His only experience of gardening so far proved immensely satisfying
   到目前为止他唯一的一次园艺经历非常令人满意。
4. He might be doing a spot of gardening if the weather is fine.
   天气晴朗的话，他也许会侍弄侍弄花草。
5. I'm over 60 now and only fit for gardening and sleeping in a chair
   我已过花甲，只能侍弄侍弄花草，躺在椅子上睡会儿觉了。
6. The settlement means that the three executives can return from gardening leave and start their new jobs.
   这份协议意味着3位主管可以结束园艺假，开始新的工作。
7. He loved gardening. He went at it hammer and tongs as soon as he got back from work
   他酷爱侍弄花草。只要下班一回到家，他就兴冲冲地忙活起来。
8. I think the young man is getting interested in gardening
   我认为这个年轻人开始对园艺产生兴趣了。
9. He parted with much of his collection to pay his gardening bills.
   他卖掉了大部分藏品来付园艺费。
10. She had a passion for gardening
    她酷爱园艺。
11. Don't expect these types of boot to take the punishment that gardening will give them.
    不要指望能穿着这类靴子去干园艺活儿，它们没那么耐穿耐磨。
12. Unfortunately I'm not suitably dressed for gardening.
    不幸的是，我的着装不适合做园艺活。
13. Martin helped his father dig the water gardens out by hand. Thus he discovered his interest in gardening.
    马丁亲手帮他父亲修建起了水景园，就这样对园艺产生了兴趣。
14. Tomorrow I'll treat myself to a day's gardening
    明天我将犒劳一下自己——享受一天的园艺乐趣。
15. When I met the Gills, I had been gardening for nearly ten years.
    遇到吉尔一家时我已经做了近10年的园艺工作。
16. She is reading a handbook on gardening.
    她正在阅读一本园艺手册。
17. His remarks about gardening were hardly to the purpose.
    他对园艺的一席话简直是文不对题。
18. Gardening is a pleasant employment for a Sunday afternoon.
    干些园艺活是星期天下午令人愉快的有益活动。
19. Students often come here for outdoor studies and hands on gardening and research.
    学生们可以来这里进行户外研究并亲手打理园艺和研究工作。
20. I am a gardening enthusiast, in the balcony of our house is filled with my favorite flowers.
    我是一个养花爱好者，在我们家的阳台上，摆满了。
21. I bought a book on gardening.
    我买了一本有关园艺方面的书。
22. She's into yoga and gardening.
    她对瑜伽和园艺很着迷。
23. Well, the gardening club is the perfect choice for you.
    好极了，园艺俱乐部将是你的完美选择。
24. Which appeals more, dress designing or gardening?
    服装设计和园林设计哪个更有吸引力？
25. She has many occupations including gardening and wine-making.
    他有许多消遣包括园艺和酿酒。
26. I have a few books on gardening.
    我有一些关于园艺方面的书。
27. This kind of subject setting reflects the close relation between gardening, agriculture and architecture from on aspect.
    这种学科设置也从一个侧面反映了园林和农学、建筑学的紧密联系。
28. It's a big garden but we do all the gardening ourselves.
    这是个大花园，但是我们自己做所有的园艺活。
29. All this gardening is hungry work.
    这些园艺活儿让人干了肚子饿。
30. Next to cooking, I enjoy gardening best.
    除了烹调之外，我就最喜欢园艺了。

noun

1. the cultivation of plants

   Synonym:    horticulture