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VOA慢速英语:Winter Gives a Hard Chop to Washington's Cherry Trees
例句:In March the peach blossomed.
三月桃花开。
The fruit trees have blossomed out beautifully.
果树开出美丽的花。
引申意:发展, 长成
例句:New industries can blossom overnight if we find an outlet for their products.
如果我们为新兴产业的产品找到销路, 它们短期内就会成长起来。
blossom还有名词的意思,flower/blossom/bloom这三个名词都是“花”的意思。
flower是指一般的花,草花或灌木及小的果树的花。例如:
the grass is in flower.草在开花。
there are a lot of flowers here.这儿有很多花。
blossom是指果树之“花”,如桃、梨、苹果等树之花。例如:
peach trees are in full blossom.桃花开得正旺。
bloom则指不结果实,供观赏的“花”。例如:
the roses are in bloom。玫瑰盛开。
2.canopies n.花冠,遮盖
例句:The trees formed a leafy canopy above their heads.
树木在他们头顶上空形成了一个枝叶茂盛的遮篷。
3.supposedly adv.据认为,据推测;据称;一般相信,一般看来
例句:supposedly universal standards
据称通用的标准
the speculative nature of the supposedly factual information conveyed through the media
经由媒体传播,据信符合事实的信息中的推断成分
4.chop vt.vi.砍, 伐, 劈, 切碎, 剁碎
例句:I chopped a branch off the tree.
我从树上砍下一根树枝。
He chopped me some wood.
他给我劈了一些柴。
一般用作词组:chop down伐倒
例句:We chopped down an oak tree.
我们伐倒了一棵橡树。
5.childhood n.童年, 幼年,孩童时期,儿童时代
6.biography n.传记;传记作品
例句:Boswell wrote a famous biography of Dr. White.
鲍斯韦尔为怀特博士写过一本著名传记。
7.heroic adj.有英雄气概的, 英雄的, 英勇的
例句:Many people have heard of the man's heroic deeds.
许多人都已经听说了这个人的英雄事迹。
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