| 单词 | deadwood |
| 例句 | It was nearly dusk and a March stillness had seized everything—the trees, the rotting deadwood, the leafless vine maple, the stones littering the ground. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The other is the New Caledonian crow on New Caledonia island in the South Pacific, which uses tools to extract insects and other prey from deadwood and vegetation. Endangered Hawaiian crow shows a knack for tool use 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z “We keep deadwood on the trees, and that’s what woodpeckers thrive on,” said Ken Rosenberg, conservation scientist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Upstate New York. The percussive appeal of the woodpecker 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z West: A century of firefighting, elimination of Indigenous burning, logging of large fire-resistant trees, and other management practices that allowed small trees, undergrowth and deadwood to choke forests. Fire, other ravages jeopardize California’s prized forests 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Through photosynthesis, carbon transforms into biomass, which eventually dies and becomes leaf litter or deadwood. Leave your dead leaves on the ground this fall 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z He said it was part of an exercise to "cut the deadwood out of the police force". Assam: India police force tells officers to lose weight or quit 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Mr Sarma had earlier vowed to "cut the deadwood out of the police force". India police force tells heavy-drinking officers to leave 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Climate change could lead to even more deadwood in the Mackenzie River — and particularly its delta, she added. World’s Largest Logjam Stores 3 Million Tons of Carbon 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z The delay could be costly: Winter is often the best time to prune trees, when cracks and deadwood are more visible and trees are not actively growing. PG&E cuts thousands of workers ahead of winter wildfire maintenance 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z At Thursday’s performance, there was as much deadwood as virtuosity. Review: 'Freestyle Love Supreme' is the hip-hop improv potluck that leaves you stuffed and starved 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z They will fell trees by rubbing against them, creating space and light and providing deadwood to help other plants and animals. European bison arrive near Canterbury to manage woodland 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z Neil, 39, combines his teacher’s formal daring with Naka’s open, idealistic approach, sculpting Rocky Mountain junipers into pale white streamers or rugged bursts of deadwood reaching out from plumes of foliage. The Ever-Evolving Art of Bonsai 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Among the growing concerns is sudden-oak death, creating the potential for more deadwood to burn among the redwoods, not unlike the drought-stricken fallen pines now fueling fires in sequoia groves. The climate crisis is killing California’s most beloved redwoods, sequoias, Joshua trees 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Patches of bare earth created by the bison dust bathing are good for lizards and rare arable weeds, while their bark stripping creates standing deadwood for fungi and insects such as stag beetles. Bison to be introduced into Kent woodland 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z At the same time, Ahmari said, “Maybe it took a Queens vulgarian to clear some of the deadwood of the past away.” David French, Sohrab Ahmari, and the Battle for the Future of Conservatism 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z Will we return to that, or are there so many distortions, imbalances, bad bets, deadwood and hustles in the economy that the situation is worse? Where a recession might hurt the Puget Sound region worst 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Their task was to carry out a prescribed burn—a carefully controlled, low-intensity fire that clears duff and deadwood, reducing the risk of a catastrophic wildfire. A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z In superhero comics, decades of intertwined storylines have repeatedly led to creative impasses, prompting companies like DC and Marvel to try various fixes to clear out the continuity deadwood. Spider-Man: Far From Home’s continuity choices save the MCU 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Red-capped woodpeckers knocked on standing deadwood; squirrels and chipmunks nibbled on cones to extract seeds; and fungi the size of dinner plates protruded from the trunks of some of the largest trees in the world. The last great tree: a majestic relic of Canada's vanishing boreal forest 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z They dislodged the good acorns for collecting, while getting rid of deadwood and weak branches.”Knocking wakes the tree,” they said They brought better light to all the branches and so increased fruiting. Indigenous Californians knew how to manage wildfires better than we do now 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z The timber industry, however, says that in order to remove flammable deadwood and stop the spread of insects to still-healthy trees, it needs greater access to more valuable live trees. Where there’s smoke, there’s a liar 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z Complaints about deadwood in federal agencies are nothing new. Trump revamps civil service rules, makes it easier to fire bad federal employees 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The deadwood faculty generally aren't bringing in money, but have to teach . . . badly. With Changing Students and Times, Colleges Are Going Back to School 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z "May he never quit his day job; Penn delivers prose as if he were gunning for a prize from the American Alliteration Association. 'Dreams died like destiny's deadwood,' he writes." If the critics are right, maybe Sean Penn should stick to acting 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Conservation efforts need to focus on long-term strategies to protect old trees and deadwood across forests, pastureland, orchards and urban areas, the report recommended. Tree loss pushing beetles to the brink 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z He said he could probably retire if he had more of the “deadwood” - the tickets printed for a show that are not sold, he explains. Tulsa venue remembers Sex Pistols performance 40 years ago 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z “We’ve worked hard to go through all the regulations to get rid of all the deadwood, the red tape, the bureaucracy and have lean, efficient regulation that actually helps businesses to succeed,” Hickenlooper said. Governor wary of US interference in Colorado regulations 2017-12-30T05:00:00Z The deadwood faculty who are forced to teach multiple classes because they aren't hot enough to have the big funded group and be able to buy themselves out of teaching. With Changing Students and Times, Colleges Are Going Back to School 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Rex has been doing a great job getting rid of the deadwood at the State Department. Trump Rejects Reports That His Top Diplomat is Departing 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Lawmakers have directed utilities and state energy agencies to contract for electricity with biomass plants that pull clean energy from deadwood. California Editorial Roundup 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Brown also called for a task force to devise strategies to clear the forests of deadwood. Like Tens of Millions of Matchsticks, California’s Dead Trees Stand Ready to Burn 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z To do so managers need to be able to prune deadwood from the payroll. Excerpts from recent Wisconsin editorials 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The deadwood made it too dangerous to send in crews to battle the flames, so they were attacking the fire's perimeter, fire information officer Brian Scott said. Latest California wildfire burns buildings, spurs evacuation 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z By then, the current deadwood will have dropped off the Yankees’ $216 million payroll. In the Bleachers, Few Starry-Eyed Views 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z One must juggle the need for skilled leaders with the requirement to repay political allies, while navigating the shifting alliances of internal party politics and eliminating accumulated deadwood. Nigeria gets new cabinet after six-month delay 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z The best answer to this situation is to cut away the regulatory deadwood that's holding the new growth back. A Sunny Day for the Sharing Economy 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z More than panelist said that Disney didn't hesitate in firing workers he thought were falling short, labeling them "deadwood." Walt Disney was a complex figure but unfairly tagged as anti-Semitic, say experts, filmmaker 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z More than panelist said that Disney didn’t hesitate in firing workers he thought were falling short, labeling them “deadwood.” Walt Disney experts rebut dogged anti-Semitic allegations 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z That said, anyone who denies the existence of deadwood in their department is lying. Scott Walker’s con game: Why his university cuts will hurt students and over-worked adjuncts the most 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Forest Service is designating 45 million acres nationwide for priority restoration, clearing deadwood and planting new trees. The Beetle That's Chewing Up America 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Once the masticating critters move on, they leave deadwood, bogs and meadows filled with invasive flora. Argentina and Chile Decide Not to Leave It to Beavers 2014-03-10T19:00:00Z There really was a lot of deadwood at the city’s much-maligned Board of Elections. City Room: Monitoring Elections Could Kill You. Well, Sort Of. 2013-12-31T15:24:33Z The music has simple chords with lonely-guy lyrics: "I rode in the deadwood one dark, stormy evening." The hunt for a long-lost John Wayne film 2013-10-10T01:20:54Z This is an all-too-frequent tactic that solves nothing and eventually comes home to roost when others realized you’ve passed along your deadwood to them. Dealing with poor performers in government 2013-04-19T20:17:20Z Clear the deadwood of rules that protect incumbents in the video marketplace—a reform with broad bipartisan appeal. 10 Reasons To Be More Optimistic About Broadband Than Susan Crawford Is 2013-03-02T21:40:43Z He called the campus ugly, bemoaned a faculty laden with “deadwood” and said the university might be dying. John R. Silber, Who Led Boston University’s Renaissance, Dies at 86 2012-09-27T18:10:48Z The to "get rid of deadwood and stop the rot". Papers ponder political questions 2012-09-03T05:07:18Z Chicago spent big in recent years, cut a little deadwood and is now winning largely because of pricey past acquisitions. New TV deal with ESPN shows MLB teams have plenty of cash to keep spending big 2012-08-28T19:24:17Z On the asset side, they force bad managers and deadwood employees to look elsewhere for work. Private Equity: Hero or Villain? 2012-01-12T04:10:25Z She seems to pivot on a point very near the bow, a fact which is no doubt chiefly to be accounted for by the way the deadwood is cut away aft. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. 2011-12-26T03:00:15.410Z If they are bound in leather before purchase they will not wear out and during the third and succeeding years a number of them may be deadwood on the shelves. Library Bookbinding 2011-12-24T03:07:58.950Z Or two, there is no evaluation process and no way to get rid of deadwood faculty members. SchoolBook: Ask Peg Tyre: The Tricky Matter of Turnover 2011-11-28T20:48:43Z But I have so many more things to say about Spring that I can't stop to bother with deadwood like that. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z China cleared out some economic deadwood beginning in the late 1990s with the reform of its state-owned enterprises and later entry into the World Trade Organization. Why China May Need a Recession 2011-07-31T19:26:22Z "Banks are chopping a lot of wood, both deadwood and live wood," said one expert. PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - June 29 2011-06-29T05:24:55Z Sir Howard spent the first few years shunting aside deadwood managers who sabotaged his reforms. Sony and its boss: Stringer theory 2011-05-26T10:46:21Z McAuliffe pulled a deadwood stick from the bush, then brought the paddle to shore. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Also deadwood: Plastic Logic's much anticipated Que e-reader, which debuted at a lavish display on the show floor ... and then got canceled before it ever shipped. The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show: What to Expect 2011-01-04T07:10:00Z Yet thousands of tons of radioactive deadwood still litter the forest floor, she says. Russia's Continuing Fires: Anger from the Ashes 2010-08-19T16:00:00Z Seeing the S&P swing around a bit gets some of the deadwood off the sidelines and you start to figure out what the real basis of this market is ... Stocks eye jobs, Greece and Goldman 2010-05-02T15:27:00Z This is an all-too-frequent tactic that solves nothing and eventually comes home to roost when others realize you've passed along your deadwood. The Federal Coach takes a look at the deadwood myth 2010-04-20T04:00:00Z They’re getting nothing but the soreheads and deadwood of organized baseball, which will be vastly better off without the deserters. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager They came to a coppice of elms, grown thick with brambles and cluttered with deadwood. The Buttoned Sky “All right then,” Cutter said quickly, “we'll ferret that kind of deadwood out, and replace them!” Confidence Game Most of the salamanders found were in downed Douglas fir logs; some were taken from spruce and others from cracks in a variety of deadwood. Natural History of the Salamander, Aneides hardii Our language, to B. L. T., was an honest, living growth: deadwood, whether in thought or in the expression of thought, never got by, but was marked for the burning. The So-called Human Race Kali gave up the task and did not add any more deadwood. In Desert and Wilderness In one end of this trench he built a little fire, of broken deadwood and green birch saplings laboriously hacked into short lengths with his clasp-knife. The Backwoodsmen I want to get him with the deadwood. El Diablo Questions about public lands are often regarded as the driest of historical deadwood. The Critical Period of American History The paths were bordered with tiny box hedges, which, though many years old, were kept clean and free from deadwood or blemish of any sort, and were perfectly trimmed in shape. Patty's Summer Days The brush and deadwood had fallen over the mouth of it and hidden it. Frank Merriwell's Son A Chip Off the Old Block There's no sense in lopping off a few branches even of deadwood. Jack O' Judgment Under Mott's supervision I took a turn at the wheel, for I did not intend, if I could help it, to be deadwood throughout the whole cruise. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure If ever I get the deadwood on you an' yore outfit, I'll sure put you through. Oh, You Tex! When they arrive, they look like pieces of deadwood; but when properly cared for, they rapidly make roots and branches, and produce their interesting flowers in abundance. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 447 Volume 18, New Series, July 24, 1852 You know the kind—one of these deadwood specimens that stand a show of gettin' the prunin' hook every time there's a shake-up. Torchy Madame and her companion sat upon the shore, attracted by the combing swells as they sifted and shifted the yellow sand, deadwood, and weed. The Grey Cloak But they wanted somebody, an' they got the deadwood on them jaspers, an' me bein' seen with 'em, they put me across, too. Six Feet Four Now, Paul," he said cheerfully, "you keep a good watch while I bring in deadwood. The Forest Runners A Story of the Great War Trail in Early Kentucky You sure got the deadwood on him when yore spurs got into action. Gunsight Pass How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a New West "Lord" Bill gathered up the "deadwood," and, propping his face upon his hands, watched the betting. The Story of the Foss River Ranch A Tale of the Northwest Emett forged ahead; we heard him smashing the deadwood; and soon a yell proclaimed the truth of Jones' assertion. Tales of lonely trails The closing mind is found in all our ranks; the closed mind is the deadwood of all our professions. The Conquest of Fear The "deadwood," as such evidence is called by the initiated, lay in heaps—more than enough to send him to State prison for the balance of his natural life. The Under Dog This movement arises from two causes,—one inherent in the screw, the other due to its position in the deadwood. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 Q.--How is the hole formed in the deadwood of the ship in which the screw works? A Catechism of the Steam Engine They don't cut through the deadwood any more. Cappy Ricks Retires I am losing flesh, of course, but it is only the "deadwood" of the body, so to speak. The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women Equipped with a magnifying glass, he lit a fire of deadwood that was soon crackling merrily. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Occasionally he sneezed in the crook of his elbow, philosophizing over the fact that there was a lot of deadwood property in New York. The Drums of Jeopardy Fresh troops and plentiful supplies were voted, the deadwood commanders were retired, and the real men revealed by the two campaigns were given place and power. Rolf in the Woods He brought down a white pigeon and a ringdove, which were briskly plucked, hung from a spit, and roasted over a blazing fire of deadwood. 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