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maple

/mey-puhl/US // ˈmeɪ pəl //UK // (ˈmeɪpəl) //

枫叶,槭树,枫树,枫木

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer, species of which are grown as shade or ornamental trees, for timber, or for sap.Compare maple family.
    • : the wood of any such tree.
    • : the flavor of maple syrup or maple sugar.
    • : Bowling Slang. pin.

Examples

  • Most of us focus on how to make maple syrup during this window.

  • Then, top them with whatever you’d like, including maple syrup, chopped nuts and fresh berries.

  • The chair is made of solid maple, and the rolled arms and turned wood legs give it a very traditional look.

  • John Boos Blocks are longstanding favorites—they’ve been around since 1887, and are made in the USA using durable woods like maple, walnut, and cherry.

  • One family in northeast Pennsylvania, for example, farmers who tapped maple trees to make syrup, watched as crews cut 558 of their trees to make way for a pipeline.

  • “Treat every crime as if the victim were your mother,” Maple would say.

  • Whisk together maple syrup and whiskey, add as much whiskey as desired.

  • Those same Maple and Brown Sugar packets bear an FDA-approved seal proclaiming them heart healthy.

  • A single packet of Quaker Maple and Brown Sugar instant oatmeal, though, contains a full tablespoon of sugar.

  • Sally ate it with maple syrup; at home we ate the store-bought kind with ketchup.

  • As they drove up under the maple-trees before the low iron gate, he said, Has this year been a happy year to you?

  • The Ash, of course, thought he had as much right to stand there as the Maple, and he said he would not stir a limb.

  • They bent their heads so low and close to listen, that an arm of the Maple slipped through an arm of the Ash.

  • "No, you are not," retorted the Ash, and he sent the Maple back with a great push of his strong elbow.

  • They forgot to give thanks for the sweet waters of the maple, and for the planting season.