网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 elm
释义
Examples from literature
  • A mile farther he came suddenly upon the house, standing amid the grove of elms, dwarfed by the giant trees that arched above it.
  • A wide campus surrounded the two buildings, shaded by elm and oak trees.
  • It was a huge square of oak timbers, with a detached kitchen, sheltered by giant elms.
  • It was bordered on each side by the most beautiful elm trees, and as it was leading in the right direction we determined to follow it.
  • The moonlight was golden between the heavy shadows of the elms.

Examplesofelm

elm
Torsion in theelmtreads carries these loads back to the steel outer string.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Like theelmin a vineyard they uphold the vines.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He gave them greater prominence and even employed the phrase 'good pollard' several times for species such as ash andelm.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Further south, in the mixed-forest belt, the trees of the taiga are supplemented by broadleaved trees such as oak, maple,elmand lime.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The largestelmtree had a diameter of 80 cm at standard height and was 24 m tall.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Laboratory experiments in this study also showed that exposure to darkness for a longer duration induced dormancy inelmseeds.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Theelm, however, represents worldly men.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It also describes the barrel vault which was added as a transept to contain elms already growing on - but not at the centre of- the site.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are the butterflies that are dependent onelmtrees.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is only a matter of time when that part of the country will be denuded altogether ofelmtrees.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The new young elms are being deprived of light by the large old trees and as a result their growth is being stunted.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I wish that he had seen the results of women forced to use the syringe and slipperyelmbark method.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Many of the furniture industries in this country grew up in the use of beech and birch andelmand ash.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We do not want motor vehicles travelling at 70 mph to crash into fallen elms, beeches or oaks.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
An acceptable method of storingelmtimber for long periods, as sawn boards, does exist.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/elm##
随便看

 

英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条,涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法,是英语学习的必备工具。

 

Copyright © 1999-2024 qbania.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/3/10 11:31:11