gardening

英 [ˈɡɑːdnɪŋ]

美 [ˈɡɑːrdnɪŋ]

v. 做园艺工作; 种植花木
garden的现在分词

现在分词：gardening　

BNC.5625 / COCA.7049

柯林斯词典

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, agardenis a piece of land next to a house, with flowers, vegetables, other plants, and often grass. In American English, the usual word isyard, and agardenrefers 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
VERB 干园艺活；种植花木
If yougarden, 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。
N-PLURAL 公园
Gardensare 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
N-IN-NAMES （用于街名）园，街，广场
Gardensis 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。

noun

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
She is reading a handbook on gardening.
她正在阅读一本园艺手册。