一分钟英语趣问答 95

Which is not a tree: pine, oak, maple, ivy?

译句：松树，橡树，枫树或常春藤，哪个不是一颗树？（答案附在文末）

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pine /paɪn/   n. 松树，松木

[例句]：

• We put in 20 rows of pine trees.

我们种植了20排松树。

• That tree is actually a fir, not a pine.

那棵树实际上是冷杉，不是松树。

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oak/ok/  n. 栎树, 橡树，栎木, 橡木

[例句]：

• We sat in the leafy shade of an oak tree.

我们坐在一棵枝繁叶茂的橡树树荫下。

• This oak tree was very old.

这棵橡树已经很古老了。

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maple/'mepl/  n.枫树

[例句]：

• There are many maple trees in Canada, and a maple leaf is on the Canadian flag.

加拿大境内有很多枫树，而枫叶则出现在加拿大国旗上。

• Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.

枫糖是由枫树的树液制成的。

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ivy/'aɪvi/    adj. 常春藤联盟的；n. 常春藤

[惯用语]：

ivy league 长春藤联盟；长春藤名牌大学

poison ivy 毒葛

[例句]：

• These eight private universities are collectively referred to as the Ivy League schools.

这8所大学被总称为常春藤联盟学校。

• Ivy ran up the wall.

常春藤顺着墙向上爬。

• The park service warns that poison ivy grows wildly in the inner canyon.

公园管理人员警告说，峡谷深处常生长着毒藤。

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答案：ivy

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