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sapling

/sap-ling/US // ˈsæp lɪŋ //UK // (ˈsæplɪŋ) //

小树苗,小苗,小树枝,树苗

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a young tree.
    • : a young person.

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Examples

  • The saplings, Durmuş said, died due to a combination of insufficient water and because they were planted at the wrong time of year, and not by experts.

  • Mother trees shoot life-giving nutrients in underground networks of mycorrhizal fungi to saplings circling their crowns.

  • A mother tree can even recognize its own saplings and direct more carbon, nutrients, and water to them if needed, but will also support other neighbor trees in distress.

  • I planted some native tree saplings, and I use the river to water them, so I’m worried that they’re not going to survive.

  • These ambitious tree-planting efforts are usually announced with much fanfare but are not as straightforward as planting a few saplings and calling it a day.

  • Obama planted a sapling in the garden of the presidential residence and even quoted a story from the Jewish Talmud.

  • The latter had succeeded in getting the sapling free of the snow, and were dragging it to the ice on the lake-shore.

  • He pointed to the shore, where a long sapling lay partly uncovered in the snow.

  • Before sunrise I had a fire burning and the kettle of mush slung on a green sapling for further cooking.

  • Straight and slim as a sapling Child Stig dances up, In each hand holding a fair silver cup.

  • Hugh had for many years been watching over the growth of a young blackthorn sapling.