| 单词 | dwarf oak |
| 例句 | Tubular blossoms of scarlet bouvardia decorated the trail that wound through dwarf oaks and pinyon pines. Deep in the heart of Big Bend National Park 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Unconsciously we had strolled to the top of a wild, heathery common, which overlooked the marshy meadows below, and was covered with dwarf oaks and elder-bushes. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Its woods were formerly more extensive than now, but a few small tracts in which dwarf oaks are characteristic remain in the lower parts. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The dwarf oaks and beeches which studded the slopes about me were as still and noiseless as though their leaves had been carved from metal; only this one bush rustled and shook. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z The brackens here are very tall, and, with the exception of a few dwarf oak, elm, or elder-bushes, constitute the only undergrowth. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z This plain, only interrupted by a few hillocks, was about twenty miles in diameter: it was covered with very high grass and small patches of mosquito trees, elms, dwarf oaks, and yuccas. The Backwoodsman or, Life on the Indian Frontier 2011-08-17T02:00:27.330Z From the upper windows we look over the city walls, across the heath, to the Elbe, which gleams and sparkles between its willows and dwarf oaks. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z From this ravine northwards stretches a series of hills and flats on which there are farms and patches of dwarf oaks, and, on the seaward fall of the hills, thick scrub. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z On the steeps at either side, in groups or singly, stand some dwarf oak and birch-trees, scattered and wild, very picturesque, but I think enhancing the melancholy of the view. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z It was a long way down the slope, with its jungle of dwarf oak and locust, and the climb back, with the skin and flesh of the cougar, would be heart-breaking. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The trees and bushes are dwarf oaks, with their old leafage still clinging in tawny masses, and willows, with their bunches of slim, yellow shoots. The Jonathan Papers Trees are generally absent, except for thickets of poplars, dwarf oaks and tamarisks along the course of the Kura, the delta of which is smothered under a jungle of reeds and rushes. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Grasping the trunk of a dwarf oak, he climbed nimbly up it, and let himself drop from the branches on the plateau itself. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 I slipped through the sparse line of dwarf oaks smothered with crimson poison-ivy that bordered the forest path and crept as silently as I could towards the street until I was abreast of the stump. Aliens An Irish Glen surrounded by bare mountains covered with dwarf oaks, overhanging a big bog. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 Where there had been monarchs in their majesty she rode now among stunted pines and dwarf oaks no higher than her head. The Heart of Thunder Mountain At the right, the house of Rain Wind, and behind all a spring under a clump of dwarf oaks. The Arrow-Maker A Drama in Three Acts Lower down, at rare intervals, dwarf oaks and the "low lean thorn" of the desert stood out, black and spectral, against the lesser darkness of rocks and stones. Captain Desmond, V.C. I fell, desperately wounded, and endeavoured to drag myself away into the forest of dwarf oaks, when the garrison hailed me. Aliens In the morning we neared the land, which presented to our view a desert plain, covered with dwarf oak. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 We made it fast, and retreated further up the beach, amongst the overhanging trees, and there, from beneath the shelter of a group of dwarf oaks, looked seaward again. Ravensdene Court He followed in Basil's footsteps, and came at length to the foot of a dwarf oak. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea This is a species of dwarf oak, so called from the very dark colour of its wrinkled bark. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire Thistlewood disdained response, and sat with one great shoulder propped against a dwarf oak, breathing fast and hard. Bulldog And Butterfly From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray And on the mountain-sides the rowan stood up like a proud enemy, and the ash bent humbly, and the dwarf oak crouched under fury. The Wind Bloweth The scrub pines and dwarf oaks growing upon deserted tobacco fields, where the ridges were still plainly visible, showed that before the war indolence prevailed. Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 Below and around on the cliff-sides, the rich foliage of holly and dwarf oak, ivy, and rowan with its burning berries, was transformed into a mass of warm colour and shining surfaces. The Daughters of Danaus This is a singular place, covered with dwarf oaks, on a sandy soil, and looking for all the world like an English park in Chancery. Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 I see nothing here that would screen a cat, save yonder clump of dwarf oaks. The Lone Ranche We shall soon come into the zone of dwarf oaks and mahogany trees. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People This plain was practically bare, but Caracol Dagh was thickly covered with dwarf oak and scrub, and Anzac with a good undergrowth of rhododendron, veronica, and other similar bushes. The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and 14th (F. & F. Yeo.) Battn. R.H. 1914-1919 The kermes, a dwarf oak, a ridiculous tree which a man can jump over, surprises me by the wealth of its acorns, which are large, ovoidal growths, the cup being covered with scales. Social Life in the Insect World Below him, the forests of dwarf oaks which stretched down to the sea were tipped with delicate green. Nobody's Man He goes down to the Crau, among the dwarf oaks, and summons the shepherds. Frédéric Mistral Poet and Leader in Provence Turning to their left, they entered a grove of dwarf oaks, covering a half acre or so, and with much labor and striving built a fire. The Texan Scouts A Story of the Alamo and Goliad It looked bad enough, in all conscience, but from the rocks there jutted halfway down a dwarf oak that had found rooting in a narrow cleft. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today In the groves were pines, small cedars, and a sprinkling of sturdy dwarf oaks. The Bells of San Juan Infinite horizons, "an everlasting wash of air," the wild pure warmth of Arabia, and heated jungles of dwarf oaks balancing balmy plantations of pine. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 An open wood, chiefly of dwarf oak, and shrubs such as the wayfaring tree, the guelder-rose, and the fly-honeysuckle, now stretches along the opposite side of the gorge. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine But as he hesitated, peering here and there under the branches of the dwarf oaks, he heard a voice, so suddenly, that he started in spite of himself. Scarhaven Keep As yet there was not wind enough to rustle a leaf, and the dwarf oaks gave little shelter from the ardent sun. Two Summers in Guyenne Scattered over this space were single cedars with their ragged spines and wreaths of moss, and copses of dwarf oaks, which were only new emblems of sterility. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker The plateaus are covered with low, dwarf oaks and many shrubs bearing berries, and in the chaparral of this region cinnamon bears are still abundant. Canyons of the Colorado Still following the Ouysse, I came to a spot where the valley ended in an amphitheatre formed by steep hills more than 600 feet high, and covered for the most part with dwarf oak. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine The trail from one place to the other passes over the mountain, which is covered with pine, cedar, and a species of dwarf oak; and numerous little streams run through the many canyons. The old Santa Fe trail The Story of a Great Highway They rode down the gulch through the dwarf oaks, past the farthermost point, and so out into the hard level dirt road of Battle Creek cañon. The Claim Jumpers Turning westward, we crossed a high rolling tract, and entered a valley entirely covered with dwarf oaks and cedars. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain A long peninsula of willow-bordered meadow projects within the curve, and the talus at the foot of the cliff is usually covered with dwarf oaks. Canyons of the Colorado Our work lies amongst the dwarf oaks, for there are no hazels here. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine Farther along, in the highway,—a sandy track, with wastes of scrub on either side,— boy of eight or nine, armed with a double-barreled gun, was lingering about a patch of dwarf oaks and palmettos. A Florida Sketch-Book Just a continuation of those same old dwarf oak trees. Air Service Boys over the Atlantic The valley narrowed, the lowlands behind us spread out broader, and in half an hour more we were threading a narrow pass, between stony hills, overgrown with ilex, myrtle, and dwarf oak. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Soon Karl Steinmetz came from another direction, and took up his position rather nearer to the hut, in a thicket of pine and dwarf oak. The Sowers But the vegetation grew denser as I ascended, and I had soon plenty of box and dwarf oak to help me. Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine In one moment he vanished among the underwood; and in another, availing himself of the branches of a dwarf oak, Rose saw him upon her right, and close to the window of the fatal apartment. The Betrothed At last, amid a thick wood of dwarf oaks, the coach stopped to receive its final team. The Recreations of a Country Parson Often, emerging from some thicket of dwarf oak they caught glimpses of a sapphire sea held between red, twisted branches of manzanita as in a frame. Their Mariposa Legend; a romance of Santa Catalina Below the terrace sloped a bench covered with thick copse, and this merged into a forest of dwarf oaks, and beyond that was a beautiful strip of white aspens, their leaves quivering in the stillness. The Rainbow Trail The hedge on either side was of hazel and dwarf oak, of hawthorn and blackthorn, all intertwined with giant brambles, and with briers which here and there met overhead. In the Year of Jubilee An antique Italian fountain occupied a niche in the opposite wall, and on either side were sedilia flanked by bay-trees in tubs and two or three fine specimens of the Japanese dwarf oak. The Gates of Chance No more thyme, no more lavender, no more clumps of kermes-oak, the dwarf oak that forms forests across which we step by lengthening our stride a little. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects No more thyme, no more lavender, no more clumps of kermes oak, the dwarf oak that forms forests across which we step by lengthening our stride a little. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography The road wound along the feet of the mountains through a pastoral valley, bright with verdure, and varied with groves of dwarf oak, beech and sycamore, under whose branches herds of cattle reposed. The Mysteries of Udolpho Above me towered the peak of Merodal, with its bare and bold summit shooting out of the groves of dwarf oaks which shrouded its flanks. The Adventures of Gerard Around in the crevices of the rocks grew a few dwarf oaks and thick bushes of myrtles. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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