英语单词

redwood是什么意思

redwood

英 ['redwʊd] 美 ['rɛdwʊd]
  • n. 红木树,[林] 红杉;红树木材
  • n. (Redwood)人名;(英)雷德伍德

英文词源


redwood (n.)
1610s, "wood that has a red hue," from red (adj.1) + wood (n.). Of various types of New World trees that yield such wood, from 1716; specifically of the California Sequoia sempervirens from 1819. In Scottish English 16c.-18c. the same word as an adjective meant "completely deranged, raving, stark mad," from wood (adj.).

双语例句


1. I've heard that many redwood trees are thousands of years old.
我听说许多红杉都有几千年的树龄.

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2. Its banks were shaded by cottonwood and redwood trees.
河流的两岸被棉花树和红木树遮蔽住了。

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3. Wood from one redwood tree is worth $ 8,000.
一棵红杉树所生成的木料价值为8000美金.

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4. We stood in awe of the lofty redwood trees.
高耸入云的巨杉令我们惊叹不已.

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5. Cypress and redwood are seldom used in the superstructure of commercial greenhouses.
扁柏和美州红松很少用于商用温室的上部结构.

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