tree

英 [triː]

美 [triː]

n.  树; 树木; 乔木
vt.  把…赶上树; 使处于困境; 把鞋型插入（鞋内）

复数：trees　现在分词：treeing　过去式：treed　第三人称单数：trees　过去分词：treed　

中考高考IELTS考研计算机

Oxford 3000 / Collins.4 / BNC.680 / COCA.596

习惯用语

n.

be out of your tree
• （因药物或酒精等）发疯，发傻
  to be behaving in a crazy or stupid way, perhaps because of drugs or alcohol
the apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the tree
• 有什么样的父母就有什么样的儿女；上行下效
  a child usually behaves in a similar way to his or her parent(s)
be barking up the wrong tree
• 把方法搞错（或想偏）；走错路线
  to have the wrong idea about how to get or achieve sth
• You're barking up the wrong tree if you're expecting us to lend you any money.
  你要是指望我们借钱给你，你是走错庙门了。
not see the forest for the treesnot see the forest for the treesit/money doesn't grow on trees
• （钱或东西不多，让人不要随便用）树上长不出钱来，那东西（或钱）来之不易
  used to tell sb not to use sth or spend money carelessly because you do not have a lot of it
at the top of the tree
• （在行业、事业中）高居首位，处于顶峰
  in the highest position or rank in a profession or career
not see the wood for the trees
• 见树不见林
  to not see or understand the main point about sth, because you are paying too much attention to small details

牛津词典

noun

• 树；树木；乔木
  a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden stem (the trunk ) from which branches grow, usually with leaves on them.
  1. an oak tree
     橡树
  2. to plant a tree
     植树
  3. to chop/cut down a tree
     伐 / 砍倒一棵树
  4. They followed a path through the trees.
     他们沿着林间小路走着。

柯林斯词典

• See also:I planted those apple trees....a variety of shrubs and trees.Christmas treefamily tree
• PHRASE 走错路线；搞错方向；想法不对路
  If you say that someoneis barking up the wrong tree, you mean that they are following the wrong course of action because their beliefs or ideas about something are incorrect.
  1. Scientists in Switzerland realised that most other researchers had been barking up the wrong tree.
     瑞士科学家意识到其他研究者大多研究方向不对头。
• 只见树木，不见森林;只重细节，不顾整体
  If someonecan't see the wood for the treesin British English, orcan't see the forest for the treesin American English, they are very involved in the details of something and so they do not notice what is important about the thing as a whole.
• the top of the tree→ see:top

英英释义

noun

• a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown
• a figure that branches from a single root
  1. genealogical tree
  Synonym:tree diagram

verb

• stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
  Synonym:shoetree
• chase an animal up a tree
  1. the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it
  2. her dog likes to tree squirrels
• plant with trees
  1. this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer
• force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
  Synonym:corner

双语例句

• There is a wisteria twining round the big tree.
  大树上缠绕着藤萝。
• The peach tree is wormy.
  桃树长虫了。
• He dug a hole in our yard on Edgerton Avenue to plant a maple tree when I was born.
  我出生的时候，他在埃杰顿大街我们家的园圃里挖了个坑，种了棵枫树。
• He crossed the river by the aid of a tree.
  他借助于一棵树过了河。
• The woodcutter felled the tree.
  樵夫砍倒了那棵树。
• This tree bears no fruit.
  这棵树不结果。
• The woodpecker pecked a hole in the tree.
  啄木鸟在树上啄了一个洞。
• The wolf clawed at the tree and howled the whole night.
  这匹狼用爪子挠着树，嚎叫了整晚。
• This tree bears a hard red fruit.
  这树结一种红色的坚果。
• When you get hungry, just pluck a pear off the tree and eat it.
  肚子饿了你就从树上采摘一个梨吃吧。