AstroTurf

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ˈæstɹoʊˌtɝf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A synthetic material used in sports grounds as a durable substitute for natural grass. uncountable
    — And then there's AstroTurf. Invented in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and patented by Monsanto in 1965, AstroTurf is the world's first synthetic turf used as a sports playing surface, coming to fame—and its name—when it was put into the Houston Astrodome in 1966.
  2. Alternative form of Astroturf. US,alt-of,alternative,uncountable

词形变化

Astroturf alternative astroturf alternative

词源

From astro- + turf, from its namesake trademark, in turn a reference to the Astrodome stadium in Houston, the first major sports venue to install artificial turf in 1966. The venue was named by its developer Roy Hofheinz, presumably a reference to the emerging identity of Houston as Space City.
Originally marketed as ChemGrass.
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