grove 音标拼音: [gr'ov]
n . 小树林
小树林
grove n 1 :
a small growth of trees without underbrush 2 :
garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth [
synonym : {
grove }, {
woodlet }, {
orchard },
{
plantation }]
Grove \
Grove \ (
gr [=
o ]
v ),
n . [
AS .
graf ,
fr .
grafan to dig .
The original sense seems to have been a lane cut through trees .
See {
Grave },
v .,
and cf . {
Groove }.]
A smaller group of trees than a forest ,
and without underwood ,
planted ,
or growing naturally as if arranged by art ;
a wood of small extent .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
The Hebrew word Asherah ,
rendered grove in the Authorized Version of the Bible ,
is left untranslated in the Revised Version .
Almost all modern interpreters agree that by Asherah an idol or image of some kind is intended .
[
1913 Webster ]
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
grove ":
batch ,
bocage ,
bosk ,
bottom ,
bottom glade ,
bottoms ,
bunch ,
clump ,
cluster ,
coppice ,
copse ,
crop ,
dale ,
dell ,
dingle ,
gap ,
gill ,
glen ,
group ,
grouping ,
groupment ,
hassock ,
holt ,
hurst ,
intervale ,
knot ,
lot ,
lunar rill ,
mess ,
orchard ,
pass ,
ravine ,
shaw ,
shock ,
slew ,
spinney ,
stook ,
strath ,
thicket ,
tope ,
trench ,
trough ,
tuft ,
tussock ,
vale ,
valley ,
wadi ,
wisp ,
wood lot ,
woodlet Grove (
1 .)
Heb . '
asherah ,
properly a wooden image ,
or a pillar representing Ashtoreth ,
a sensual Canaanitish goddess ,
probably usually set up in a grove (
2 Kings 21 :
7 ;
23 :
4 ).
In the Revised Version the word "
Asherah " (
q .
v .)
is introduced as a proper noun ,
the name of the wooden symbol of a goddess ,
with the plurals Asherim (
Ex .
34 :
13 )
and Asheroth (
Judg .
3 :
13 ).
The LXX .
have rendered _asherah_ in 2 Chr .
15 :
16 by "
Astarte ."
The Vulgate has done this also in Judg .
3 :
7 .
(
2 .)
Heb . '
eshel (
Gen .
21 :
33 ).
In 1 Sam .
22 :
6 and 31 :
13 the Authorized Version renders this word by "
tree ."
In all these passages the Revised Version renders by "
tamarisk tree ."
It has been identified with the Tamariscus orientalis ,
five species of which are found in Palestine .
(
3 .)
The Heb .
word '
elon ,
uniformly rendered in the Authorized Version by "
plain ,"
properly signifies a grove or plantation .
In the Revised Version it is rendered ,
pl ., "
oaks " (
Gen .
13 :
18 ;
14 :
13 ;
18 :
1 ;
12 :
6 ;
Deut .
11 :
30 ;
Josh .
19 :
33 ).
In the earliest times groves are mentioned in connection with religious worship .
The heathen consecrated groves to particular gods ,
and for this reason they were forbidden to the Jews (
Jer .
17 :
3 ;
Ezek .
20 :
28 ).
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