tumbleweed

tumbleweed

美 [ˈtʌmb(ə)lˌwid] 　英 [ˈtʌmb(ə)lˌwiːd]

• n.风滚草（生长于北美和澳洲沙漠地区，秋季在地面处折落，随风像球一样到处滚动）
• 网络荒漠余生；滚地草；云草

词形变化

复数：tumbleweeds  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 【植】风滚草;丝石竹;苋属,广布苋

英英解释

n.	1. a round plant that grows in dry areas and rolls when it is blown by the wind

例句

You could just call me a tumbleweed blowing in the wind.

就当我是风中飘零的野草

He seems to be looking at a brick wall, where the words "True Love" are scrawled, as newspapers flying past him like tumbleweed (pictured).

他似乎正看着一面墙，墙上潦草地写着“真爱”。风吹起报纸，好似丝石竹一般掠过他。

The tumbleweed was now brittle, sharp, and difficult to handle---it began to accumulate in huge clumps on my doorstep.

现在的旋风是易碎的，敏锐的，而很难处理———开始累积在巨大的簇在我的家门口。

How could I have not seen that my lot was harboring a bounty of tumbleweed? Well, it had been bulldozed clear before I first saw it.

我怎么没有见过我的很多不可告人的赏金是旋风吗？好，它至今已当着推倒我第一次看到它。

It is more likely to be tumbleweed time around the stands.

这更像是看台上同仇敌忾的气氛。

Tumbleweed in Asia, a long time East Timor resident currently out of the country writes about the latest round of violence in East Timor.

TumbleweedinAsia部落格版主长期居住在东帝汶，最近离开了当地，并写了关于东帝汶最近动乱的文章。

So it was on my first night of residence at "Tumbleweed Farm" .

所以这是我的第一个晚上民居“旋风庄园”。

I've actually been looking for a new place to ride. How is Tumbleweed Stables?

事实上我现在想换个地方骑马风滚草山怎么样？。

Tumbleweed seeds, for example, can germinate in 36 minutes.

例如，风滚草的种子能在36分钟内萌芽生长。

But in Oqa, all boys older than 10 go to the desert every day to collect tumbleweed they sell as kindling in larger villages.

但在奥卡，所有超过10岁的男孩每天都会去沙漠里收集风滚草，然后把它们当做引火柴卖给大村庄里的人。