单词 | bole |
释义 | bole (once / 10269 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY bole: boles USAGE EXAMPLESSometimes I would find him just sitting quietly on a limb next to the bole of a tree, all fluffed up and doing nothing. Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain(1959) Then he carried her to the gigantic hemlock tree on the mountain and into its hollowed-out bole. Jean Craighead George, Frightful's Mountain(2001) He was settled in the bole of an oak, eyes closed, shivering violently. George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons(2011) 1 n the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber 2Syn|Hyper tree trunk, trunk stalk, stem a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ n a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment) Hyper dirt, soil the part of the earth's surface consisting of humus and disintegrated rock pigmentdry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.) Bole (once / 59097 pages) n WORD FAMILY Bole: Boles USAGE EXAMPLESAnd, fellow Lion Dennis Boles marvels, customers from “practically every African country.” Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) “In terms of the settlement, it is a bit of closure for them,” the attorney, Matt Boles, said in a phone interview. Washington Post(Nov 17, 2016) But the lifejacket came off when Ellingson fell into Lake of the Ozarks, said Matt Boles, an attorney who represented the family. Reuters(Nov 17, 2016) n a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria and closely related to Hausa Syn|Hyper Bolanci West Chadic a group of Chadic languages spoken in northern Nigeria; Hausa in the most important member |
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