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单词 yew
释义
yew
noun
uk
/juː/us
/juː/
[CorU]
anevergreentree(= one that neverlosesitsleaves)withflatleaveslikeneedlesandsmall,redfruits:
In themiddleof thechurchyardstandsanoldyew.
Yew,box, orhollyaresuitableforhedges.
a yewtree紫杉树
picture of yew
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[U]
woodfrom theyewtree:
yewfurniture
abowlmade from yew紫杉木制成的碗
More examples
  • Britain'soldesttreeisthoughtto be a 3,800-year-old yew at Ashbrittlechurchin Somerset.
  • avenuesoflimeand yew
  • Yewtreesare thesourceof the anti-cancerdrugtaxol.
  • Yewberriesarepoisonous.
  • asolidyewfour-posterbed
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(Definition ofyewfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
yew
noun[CorU]
uk
/juː/us
/juː/
anevergreentree(= one that neverlosesitsleaves)withflatleaveslikeneedlesandsmall,redcones, or thewoodfrom thistree
紫杉；紫杉木
a yewtree紫杉树
abowlmade from yew紫杉木制成的碗

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yew
For example, women with ovarian cancer are beneficiaries of taxol fromyewtrees and consequently some public monies are appropriate for the development of taxol chemotherapy.
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Several plants and hedges can affect livestock—boxbroom, laurel andyeware all poisonous to livestock.
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For example, the old, historicyewhedges around the country might be 9 or 10 ft tall, but they are entirely appropriate to their environment.
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I am seeking to protect farmers from highway authorities which are over zealous in the matter of plantingyewtrees in the wrong places.
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I do not think that we could expectyewto grow underneath the trees.
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All over the country there are graveyards withyewtrees in them.
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What is suitable in the countryside is not necessarily suitable in an urban environment, where avenues of cypress trees oryewhedges can cause problems.
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We have oak trees, fir trees, birch trees,yewtrees and so on.
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The farmer's cattle can lean across the fence—they would not be straying on to the highway—and nibble at the branches of theyewtree.
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We are usingyewin places where there is not the necessity for great height in a short time.
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That is a significant issue, as we know that many ancient cemeteries and burial grounds have well-establishedyewtrees, some of which are up to 40 ft high.
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Their ghosts are said to haunt theyewgroves, and the trees themselves are said to come alive and move at night.
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There are sweet chestnut, scots pine, hazel,yewand holly.
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Tribes are also been said to have usedyewtwigs in steam baths to help alleviate rheumatism.
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Trees includeyew, birch, beech, rowan, several species of pine and a number of blossoming fruit trees.
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