单词 | alder wood |
释义 | > as lemmasalder wood alder wood n. (a) the timber of the alder tree; (b) a wood consisting of alder trees. ΚΠ 1670 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 2) xxxi. 194 Coal for the Powder Mills is made of Alder-wood. 1802 J. Britton & E. W. Brayley Beauties Eng. & Wales III. 138 Geltsdale Forest is a considerable tract of mountainous land..; but in the lower parts are some extensive birch and alder woods. 1838 M. Faraday in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 128 7 The moveable ball used to take and measure the portion of electricity under examination..was of soft alder wood, well and smoothly gilt. 1948 R. Graves Coll. Poems 1914–1947 225 Through a thick-growing alder-wood We clearly see, but are not seen. 2009 New Yorker 2 Feb. 16/2 The restaurant's lines are both modern and rustic—sleek teardrop light fixtures appeal to the urbanite, alder-wood branches in the window to the ruralist. < as lemmas |
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