greenout

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The sensation caused by seeing plants again after a period in Antarctica. countable,uncountable
    — One of my favourites is 'greenout', for which I only found a single quotation, which is the experience you have when you've been in Antarctica which has very little vegetation, no trees or shrubs, not many smells of the vegetation, and you come back after weeks, months or a year or more to a vegetated place and the warm air is blowing off the continent that you're coming towards and you have a 'greenout' - you're overwhelmed by the sensations.
  2. A feeling of sickness as a result of consuming excessive amounts of cannabis. countable,slang,uncountable
    — It [The Cannabis Kitchen Cookbook] also offers constant reminders about dosages and prudent consumption, so that noobs don’t do a Maureen Dowd and abandon pot after a single greenout.
  3. A green sign patch applied to a guide sign. California,countable,informal,uncountable
    — There's again the greenout for "West," but what would have been greened out underneath "Junction"?

词形变化

greenouts plural

词汇关系

相关词
green out

词源

From green + out. Compare English blackout, whiteout.
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