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whippletree

/hwip-uhl-tree, wip-/US // ˈʰwɪp əlˌtri, ˈwɪp- //UK // (ˈwɪpəlˌtriː) //

鞭子树,鞭炮树,鞭打树,鞭炮声

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Northern U.S.

    • : whiffletree.

Examples

  • The whippletree, dangling from the end over the beaten circular track, seemed cracked with heat and age.

  • Twelve “Swingle trees” (whippletree, whiffletree, singletree) are listed in the inventory.

  • After three quarters of an hour or so I was suddenly startled alert by hearing the squeak-squeak of a whippletree out on the lawn.