grasstopとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

grass top ‎(複数形 grass tops)

1. (countable) The tip of a blade or stalk of grass.
   • 1910, Theodore Roosevelt, African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist, Charles Scribner's Sons (1910), page 521:

     There was nothing to shoot at; but a moment afterward I saw a pair of horns through the grass tops, in such a position that it was evident the owner was looking at me.

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2. (uncountable) An expanse covered in grass.
   • 2008, Chris Fabry, Dogwood, Tyndale (2008), ISBN 9781414319551, page 154:

     She glides along, her skirt touching the grass top as she sways to the beat of unwritten songs.

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