| 英语单词 | sapling |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['sæplɪŋ] 美 ['sæplɪŋ] |
| 中文释义 | n.树苗;小树;年轻人 |
| 英语例句 | (1) She cut down the sapling with one chop. (2) The sapling that bears our mark of love has grown into a big tree, |
| 中文例句 | (1) 她一斧子就把树苗砍倒了。 (2) 承载着我们爱的见证的小树已长成一棵大树, |
| vocabulary简明 | A young tree with a slender trunk is known as a sapling. Just as a young duck is called a "duckling," a young tree is called a sapling. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The suffix "-ling" comes from Old English and often shows up today at the end of words to mean "young" or "youngster." Brothers and sisters are called siblings. A baby goose is called a gosling. Someone who works under you is called an underling. The way to remember the meaning of sapling is that trees make "sap" — the sweet, sugary liquid that, in sugar maples, gets turned into syrup. A young tree, then, is known as a sapling. One day, it'll make sap. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]幼树 A sapling is a young tree.
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