xeriscape

n. <主美>（不需灌溉的）节水型园艺, 节水型花园 vt. 把…建成节水型花园

发音

UK /ˈzɛ.ɹɪ.skeɪp/
US /ˈzɛɹ.ə.skeɪp/
US /zɪɹ-/

词形变化

xeriscapes 复数 xeriscapes xeriscaped xeriscapes 三单 xeriscaping xeriscaping 现在分词 xeriscaped 过去式 xeriscaped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation.

    Randy looks up over the Impala and the retaining wall and the ice-clogged xeriscape above that and into the lobby of Waterhouse House, where Amy Shaftoe has her feet up on a coffee table and is looking through some of the extremely sad Cayuse-related literature that Randy bought for Avi.

v.
  1. 1.

    To landscape in a water-friendly manner.

词源

From 1980s Xeriscape, a term coined (and trademarked) by Denver Water. From xeri- + -scape.

来源：wiktionary