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- a woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground树, 乔木。比较SHRUB1.
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- (in general use) any bush, shrub, or herbaceous plant with a tall erect stem, e.g. a banana plant（泛指）树（包括灌木和有直立茎的草本植物, 如香蕉树）。
2
- a wooden structure or part of a structure木制用具, 木制构件。
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- archaic or literary the cross on which Christ was crucified〈古或文〉十字架。
2.2
- archaic a gibbet〈古〉绞刑架。
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- a thing that has a branching structure resembling that of a tree（有分杈的）树状物。
3.1
- （亦作tree diagram）a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines, representing different processes and relationships（表示不同过程和关系的）树形图。
(trees, treed, treeing)with obj.
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- N. Amer. force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree〈北美〉迫使（猎物）爬上树, 追赶上树。
1.1
- informal, chiefly US force (someone) into a difficult situation〈非正式, 主美〉使陷于困境。
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- as adj. treed(of an area) planted with trees（地区）有树的：
sparsely treed grasslands.
树木稀少的草原。
短语
out of one's tree
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. completely stupid; mad〈非正式, 主北美〉极傻的; 发疯的。
up a tree
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. in a difficult situation without escape; cornered〈非正式, 主北美〉陷于困境的; 被逼至困境的。
派生词
treeless
adjectivetreelessness
nountree-like
adjective词源
Old English trēow, trēo： from a Germanic variant of an Indo-European root shared by Greek doru 'wood， spear'， drus 'oak'.