单词 | pine |
释义 | pine (paɪn ) Word forms: pines , pining , pined 1. variable noun B2 A pine tree or a pine is a tall tree which has very thin, sharp leaves and a fresh smell. Pine trees have leaves all year round. ...high mountains covered in pine trees. Pine is the wood of this tree. ...a big pine table. 2. verb If you pine for someone who has died or gone away, you want them to be with you very much and feel sad because they are not there. When the family moved away, Polly pined for them. [VERB + for] Make sure your pet won't pine while you're away. [VERB] 3. verb If you pine for something, you want it very much, especially when it is unlikely that you will be able to have it. I pine for the countryside. [VERB + for] ...the democracy they have pined for since 1939. [VERB for noun] Image of pine © ukmooney, Shutterstock Collocations: pine plantation Underneath it's like a pine plantation - it's just a desert. Times,Sunday Times The fire, fueled by the pine plantation that covered the mountain, destroyed or badly damaged much of the observatory and water treatment plant. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pine plantation were established on some of the coastal dune sections. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Large areas of the relatively flat islands are covered in pine plantation forest. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From illegal shrines to alien wasps that can wreck pine plantations. Times, Sunday Times This was 'an abundance of frankincense mixed with a small quantity of pine resin'. Times, Sunday Times Birds are singing, and the spring air smells of pine resin, wild thyme and abject fear. Times, Sunday Times But, if you mix one part pine to two parts chestnut, for example, you'll get a longer burning, hot fire that will combust the pine resin. Times, Sunday Times Inhale the pine resin as you walk out onto the golden spur from which it takes its name, half-heartedly skim a few pebbles, then surrender to fjaka. Times, Sunday Times Some taste of melon, others of 'raw champignons or button mushrooms', and still others of 'pine resin and, sometimes, celeriac'. The Times Literary Supplement We see a seed-bobble on a plane tree in the act of disintegration, an ash bud opening like a fleur de lis, a pine seedling bursting out into needles. The Times Literary Supplement This species was extensively responsible for damages to plants found in the ecosystem such as longleaf pine seedlings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 1932 planting of marram grasses began in earnest, with lupins and eventually pine seedlings following. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ponderosa pine seedlings establish quickly in disturbed sites. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For example, pine seedlings have up to eight cotyledons. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He managed to upturn their solid pine table. Times, Sunday Times Our furniture consisted of a bed, a pine table and a few chairs. Times, Sunday Times The beamed living area has wooden floors and exposed stone walls with a leather suite and a modern kitchen with pine table and chairs. Times, Sunday Times It's a light and airy place with scrubbed pine tables and a sunny enclosed patio garden. Times, Sunday Times The parlour stove over which the former patrons dried their sodden clothing has gone and rows of pine tables encourage visitors to dine. Times, Sunday Times A spectacular pine wood adjoins a coastline with dunes where natterjack toads breed. Times, Sunday Times Two or three have marble slabs and as many more are marked by pine wood boards painted in imitation of marble... Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The wings use pine wood spars, and 1/8 inch plywood covering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This mill was operated by steam, the fuel being sometimes coal and sometimes pitch pine wood. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A circle of dancers and drummers gather around a pine wood fire. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ware flings open the shutters and the scent of pine trees from the block's large private garden - soaked by a week's autumn rain - wafts in. Times, Sunday Times Stopping off at frequent viewing points, you can breathe in the scent of pine and wild rosemary and, if you're lucky, spy an eagle gliding in the thermals. The Sun As we wandered through the woodland the scent of pine and eucalyptus was wonderful. The Sun But the squeak of saddle leather, the sweat of hot horses and the scent of pine needles evaded me into adulthood. Globe and Mail I love tinsel and baubles and stars and the crisp scent of pine. Times, Sunday Times We dismounted in a dense stand of pine just before the brow of a ridge. Times, Sunday Times An 1825 fire destroyed over three-quarters of the buildings in town, as well as the large stand of pine trees used to supply the sawmill and shingle mill. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The tornado mowed down a stand of pine trees and destroyed two frame houses, with major damage to the interior walls, and the exterior walls completely destroyed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Gardens bursting with oleander, rosemary, sage, thyme, figs and pomegranates, guarded by stands of pine, are shoehorned into every space that the gnarled trunks of olive trees haven't colonised. Times, Sunday Times There are stands of pine and fig - and organ pipe cacti. Times, Sunday Times Tall pine trees were burning and crackling like torches. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One sits at the controls of a mechanical digger while the other leans on a shovel beneath a tall pine tree. The Sun Surrounded by tall pine trees, it has floor-to-ceiling windows and views of the golf course. Times, Sunday Times In the center of the shield, a moose rests under a tall pine tree. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stadium features a ring of tall pine trees that line the outside of the outfield wall and the brickfaced grandstand. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 松树, 苦苦思念, 松木 Japanese: マツ, 思い焦がれる, マツの木 |
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