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elm

/elm/US // ɛlm //UK // (ɛlm) //

榆树,榆木,榆樹,榆林

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any tree of the genus Ulmus, as U. procera, characterized by the gradually spreading columnar manner of growth of its branches.Compare American elm, elm family.
    • : the wood of such a tree.

Examples

  • A further experiment to plant elm trees beyond center field was mercifully cut short.

  • A red convertible turned onto Elm Street and went down the hill.

  • As I opened the door to my house, a scene from Nightmare on Elm Street started to explode.

  • This year, she starred as the protagonist Nancy Holbrook in the remake of the 1980s horror movie A Nightmare on Elm Street.

  • As with most horror remakes, the new Nightmare on Elm Street finds the tune but loses the rhythm.

  • Since Henry Hawk could sit in a great elm far up the road and see himp.

  • The three happy children stood under the elm and looked up at the tiny hanging nest.

  • There were a great many more there once, and we used to call it Elm Grove in old times.

  • The glade was thickening with shadows, but the sunlight still marked the top of an elm and made glorious the zenith.

  • The light had left the top of the elm and the fleecy clouds overhead were no longer dazzling because of their borrowed splendor.