解释
- n. 树苗；年轻人
※ 提供单词"sapling"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
sapling 幼树
sap,汁液，-ling,小词后缀。引申词义树苗，幼树。
英文词源
- sapling (n.)
- early 14c., from sap (n.1) + diminutive suffix -ling. This probably is the source of American English slang sap (n.3) "club, short staff" (1899) and the verb sap (v.2) "to hit (someone) with a sap" (1926).
例句和用法
- 1. She plucked some leaves off the sapling.
- 她从树苗上摘下一些叶子.
- 2. A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline.
- 小树要砍, 小孩要管.
- 3. She cut down the sapling with one chop.
- 她一斧子就把树苗砍倒了.
- 4. The sapling has grown into a big tree after five years.
- 五年过去了,小树苗长成了一颗大树.
- 5. Like sapling trees, small children are very pliable.
- 就像树苗一样, 小孩子很易塑.
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