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bottle-tree

瓶树,瓶子树,瓶子的树,瓶装树

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of several trees of the genus Brachychiton, native to Australia, characterized by a bottle-shaped swelling of the trunk, as B. rupestris or B. australis.

Examples

  • Plenty of Jewish kids today grow up with a Christmas tree next to their menorah.

  • Nothing does it quite like deftly decapitating a bottle of bubbly with a gleaming blade.

  • His most recommended plant was tree ivy—its juices sprayed up the nostrils.

  • Bohac vowed to that when he came back next year there would be no confusion about any Christmas tree or Santa aprons.

  • If you Google “Muslim Christmas tree star” you will see a list of right-wing websites wetting their pants over this.

  • This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.

  • Each tiny tree was a plume of leaves; the rows stretched out to the hilltop, and over.

  • Wide and straight, well made and tree-lined throughout, it supplied the two great arteries of Indian life.

  • One of the little girls in pigtails was holding him, while Miss Anne administered the feeding-bottle.

  • I saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.