Elm
[elm] or [ɛlm]
解释:
(noun.) any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees.
(noun.) hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture.
校对:罗尼--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is U. Americana; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva.
录入:诺兰
解释:
n. a genus of trees of the natural order Ulmace with serrated leaves unequal at the base and small flowers growing in clusters appearing before the leaves.—adjs. Elm′en made of elm; Elm′y abounding with elms.
艾格尼丝编辑
例句:
- There were two guides given us to start with, an oak and an elm. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- There was no lingering among the old elm-trees now--no cheering anticipations of happiness yet in store. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- That must have been difficult, Holmes, when the elm was no longer there. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Caliphronas burst out laughing, and, putting his hands behind his head, leant back against the trunk of the elm. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- And the shadow of the elm must mean the farther end of the shadow, otherwise the trunk would have been chosen as the guide. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Then I took two lengths of a fishing-rod, which came to just six feet, and I went back with my client to where the elm had been. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Mrs. Bute at the parsonage nightly looked out to see if the sky was red over the elms behind which the Hall stood, and the mansion was on fire. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- A bubbling spring prattles over stones on one side, and a plantation of a few elms and beeches, hardly deserve, and yet continue the name of wood. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Mingled grass and corn grew in her plains, the unpruned vines threw their luxuriant branches around the elms. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
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