- [countable]
an area of ground covered in short grass in a garden or park, or used for playing a game on 草坪；草地 
In summer we have to mow the lawn twice a week. 夏天我们每周得修剪草坪两次。 The hotel boasts two tennis courts and a croquet lawn. 那家酒店拥有两个网球场和一个槌球草坪。 They served afternoon tea on the lawn (= a large area of grass, near a big house, for example). 他们在草坪上提供下午茶。
Extra ExamplesTopics Gardensc1The cottage sits on a hill above a sweep of lawn. 村舍坐落在小山上，下面是一片连绵的草地。 The lawn really needs mowing. 草坪真需要修剪了。 a carefully tended lawn 经仔细护理的草坪 the correct way to maintain a lawn 维护草坪的正确方法 They walked across the lawn towards the river. 他们穿过草坪走向河边。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- manicured
- neat
- well-tended
- …
- cut
- mow
- trim
- …
- [uncountable]
a type of fine cotton or linen cloth used for making clothes 上等细棉布（或麻布）
Word Originsense 1 mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect laund ‘glade, pasture’, from Old French launde ‘wooded district, heath’, of Celtic origin. The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.sense 2 Middle English: probably from Laon, the name of a city in France important for linen manufacture.