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sylvan

/sil-vuhn/US // ˈsɪl vən //

树林,树林的,树林的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or inhabiting the woods.
    • : consisting of or abounding in woods or trees; wooded; woody: a shady, sylvan glade.
    • : made of trees, branches, boughs, etc.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person dwelling in a woodland region.
    • : a mythical deity or spirit of the woods.

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Examples

  • Arlington enjoys a reputation as a lush, sylvan suburb — annually noted for its parks in one prominent national survey while also the home of tree-lined landmarks and neighborhoods.

  • Sylvan scenes, with a dash of human savagery in the foreground, form the best relief for a too-extended assimilation of books.

  • Thatcher has filled me amply with expensive urban food in this sylvan retreat—nectar and ambrosia.

  • Michael turned out of the noisy main road into the sylvan urbanity of Holland Walk.

  • Suddenly you jut round an enormous rock, and find yourself in a river of still more sylvan gentleness than the Avon.

  • Dearer than all these to me,” he says about our other valleys, “is sylvan Tweed.