单词 | quaking aspen |
释义 | quaking aspen (once / 149612 pages) n WORD FAMILY quaking aspen: quaking aspens USAGE EXAMPLESQuaking aspen trees, he notes, begin life growing straight but gradually bend into an S-shape to withstand the prevailing west and southwest winds, he said. Washington Times(Oct 29, 2016) The quaking aspens and pine trees have replaced the city traffic. Los Angeles Times(Oct 02, 2015) The uphill road plunges through a quaking aspen grove. Jean Craighead George, On the Far Side of the Mountain(1990) n Old World aspen with a broad much-branched crown; northwestern Europe and Siberia to North Africa Syn|Hyper European quaking aspen, Populus tremula aspen any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind |
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