| 单词 | alder branch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalder branch alder branch n. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. iv. 72/1 The Flower is a white blossom, which after groweth to a small black berry, and they grow many together upon foot-stalks to a larger stalk, and it to the Alder-branch. 1771 A. Young Farmer's Tour E. Eng. III. xxiii. 142 A drain was discovered under it filled with alder branches. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 305 When I strolled around the pond in misty weather I was sometimes amused by the primitive mode which some ruder fisherman had adopted. He would perhaps have placed alder branches over the narrow holes in the ice. 2010 Calgary (Alberta) Herald (Nexis) 13 Nov. g1 His spare design of the senator's bedroom and writing room brings in amaryllis flowers, and willow and alder branches. < as lemmas |
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