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ferny

/fur-nee/US // ˈfɜr ni //

肥美的,肥美,肥沃的,肥仔

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    fern·i·er, fern·i·est.

    • : pertaining to, consisting of, or like ferns: ferny leaves.
    • : abounding in or overgrown with ferns: ferny undergrowth.

Examples

  • The orchard ran down a slope of perhaps half an acre to the ferny tangle of the brook bed.

  • A boy pushed the bracken and ferny grey and green wattle sprays from before a lichen-grown wooden cross.

  • The climb was steep, rounding a darkened ferny shoulder of lush forest, yet promising more and more a top of sunlight.

  • But she liked the beauty of the little dell, the ferny smell of it, and the sunshine and cheerfulness.

  • Fashion me from swamp or meadow, Garden plot or ferny shadow, Hyacinth or humble burr!