释义 |
Examples:lit. fly one's banner on a solitary tree (idiom); fig. to act as a loner—It takes ten years nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.—pattra palm tree (Corypha umbraculifera), whose leaves were used as paper substitute for Buddhist sutras—lit. climb a tree catch a fish (idiom); fig. to attempt the impossible—a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken—ginkgo (tree with fan-shaped leaves and yellow seeds)—lit. every tree or bush an enemy soldier (idiom); fig. panic and treat everyone as an enemy—sandalwood (Santalum album), a Nepalese tree producing valuable fragrant oil—tung oil, from the Japanese wood-oil tree Aleurites cordata, used in making lacquer—good Chinese wood-oil tree (Aleurites cordata)—species of oak tree with medicinal bark (old)—lit. point at the mulberry tree and curse the locust tree—wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk)—lit. a tall tree attracts the wind (idiom); a famous person attract criticism—burial of cremated remains at the foot of a tree—lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows ina tree to shade you—lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall—tamarind (Tamarindus indica) tropical tree with bean-like fruit—guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action—lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving [idiom.]—lit. don't tie your shoelaces in a melon patch, and don't adjust your hat under a plum tree [idiom.]—classifier for sections of plants such as bamboo or sugarcane; tree branches; class periods at school; cylindrical batteries, train carriages— |