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tree/tri:/ n. & v.●n. 1a a perennial plant with a woody self-supporting main stem or trunk when mature and usu. unbranched for some distance above the ground (cf. 参见 SHRUB1) 树，树木(多年生植物，成熟时靠自身的木质主干支撑，通常在高出地面一定距离才分出枝桠) b any similar plant having a tall erect usu. single stem, e.g. palm tree 树(指直立较高的、通常单一躯干的、形状似树的草本植物，如棕榈树) 2 a piece or frame of wood etc. for various purposes (用于各种目的的)木制用具，木制构件 shoe-tree 鞋楦 3 archaic or poet. [古义] [诗]a a gibbet 绞刑架；吊杆 b a cross, esp. the one used for Christ's crucifixion (尤指钉死耶稣的)十字架 4 (in full 全称 tree diagram) Math. a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines 【数】树形图 5 = FAMILY TREE ●v. tr. (trees, treed) 1 force to take refuge in a tree 把…追赶上树；赶…上树(躲避) 2 esp. US put into a difficult position [尤美]使陷入困境，使走投无路 3 stretch on a shoe-tree 给…上鞋楦；用鞋楦撑 □ grow on trees (usu. with neg. 通常与否定词连用) be plentiful 盛产；极易得到 □ up a tree esp. N. Amer. cornered; nonplussed [尤北美]逼入死角；陷入困境 □ treeless adj.□ treelessness n.□ treelike adj.[Old English trēow, from Germanic] |