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vegetation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Plants
veg·e·ta·tion /ˌvedʒɪˈteɪʃən/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] formal  HBPplants in general 植物,草木〔总称〕 Lefkas has an abundance of lush green vegetation. 莱夫卡斯有葱郁茂盛的植被。
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vegetationThe most sophisticated farmers are the leaf-cutting ants, which cultivate fungus on fresh vegetation thanks to an assembly-line of specialised castes.Readings showed levels of 56,000 becquerels per kilogram in vegetation and soil samples.Pockets of live vegetation dot the otherwise black-and-white landscape, places randomly spared by arbitrary shifts of wind and fire.A deep path cut through the lush and noisy vegetation.Breeds on still and slow-moving fresh water with dense fringe of vegetation, also marshes, fens, bogs.And where was his companion, who went down with him just now, into a sprawl of vegetation?For example, pack horses hauled some vegetation from the floor of Supai Canyon, home of the Havasupai people.The vegetation had a dank and wintry look to it still, quite different from the lowlands.They made their way through the thick vegetation in the valley.
veg·e·ta·tion nounChineseSyllable
in Corpus plants general


vegetation
vegetation /ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃən, ˌvedʒɪˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] formal
plants in general:
    Lefkas has an abundance of lush green vegetation.


vege·ta·tionBrE /ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] plants in general, especially the plants that are found in a particular area or environment (统称)植物;(尤指某地或环境的)植被,植物群落,草木The hills are covered in lush green vegetation. 这片丘陵草木茂盛,郁郁葱葱。🔊🔊