单词 | English elm |
例句 | It usually grows in hilly or stoney woodlands, or near streams and ditches and is hardier than the English elm. Disease killing 'Europe's oldest' elm tree 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a very simple layout,” she said, sitting at an equally simple dining table made of English elm. | Hillsdale, N.Y.: A Homestead for House Stalkers 2013-06-05T22:34:55Z For a few brief hours, a “wish tree” flourished in Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, and the hopeful and the heartbroken pinned their desires to an English elm. City Room: In Brooklyn, a Tree for the Hopeful 2012-04-13T19:31:00Z In front of one of them are some fine large English elms probably planted by Gov. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z “Imagine how beautiful she would be all lit up,” she mused, stepping back from the English elm, one of just a few of its vintage left in the city. Kristin Jones, Persistent Public Artist, Plans Tree Project 2011-12-17T16:31:03Z The English elm is often seen in the Eastern states, planted with the American elm in parks and streets, where the two species contrast strikingly. Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z A slender slab of English elm extended the length of the bar. Taavo Somer Moves On From Life Downtown 2011-09-01T00:10:21Z Tall English elms with nobly branching limbs stood out against the clear blue sky; and the bushes, bared of their leaves, bore on each twig a mass of crystal flowers. The Shadow He covered with a kindly hand some of her barrenness, planting English elms beneath her fortress. Cathedrals of Spain There was a tinge of autumn color on even the English elms as Tom Burton walked slowly up Beacon Street. The Life of Nancy In October the superb English elms on Boston Common are still bright green, while their American cousins have passed into "the sere and yellow leaf." Trees Worth Knowing 2011-10-13T02:00:48.357Z We walked around Mr. Paddock's row of English elms. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index It is no discredit to our own American elm to say that the English elm is a superb tree in America. Getting Acquainted with the Trees My wanderings led me through a country of simple rural charm, and the friends that became dearest to me were just our English elms. Apologia Diffidentis Bare, lofty downs, shadeless fields, no coppices, great swampy pastures—an open, breezy country all swells and falls, with occasionally fine clumps and avenues of English elms, feathered to their roots. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 By Grace E. Sellon Down the street, about a mile from the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, stands a square, three-story colonial dwelling house, sheltered by pines and great English elms and surrounded by flowering shrubs. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 The structure, which cost £88,000, is built of iron, and rests on piers of English elm and concrete enclosed in iron casings. Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London An old English elm of uncommon height and circumference grew in the sidewalk of the street before the mansion, and behind it was a sycamore tree of almost equal age and dimensions. Diary of Anna Green Winslow A Boston School Girl of 1771 He was sitting under the thick shade of an English elm in front of the tavern. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Imagine an English elm studded with pinks or daisies, gardenias or hyacinths. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Think of an existing English elm in whose branches the heron was reared which the hawks of Saxon Harold killed! Dreamthorp A Book of Essays Written in the Country Scattered about are several great English elms, which were no doubt large trees during the poet's boyhood, a hundred years ago. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland The branches of the English species spread out but do not arch like those of the American elm, and the bark of the English elm is darker and coarser, Fig. Studies of Trees In the spring, from the trees of the Common, which are close, but, except for the crown of one noble English elm, are shut away from me, I hear an occasional robin and Baltimore oriole. Roof and Meadow Some of these English elms are very ancient and of an immense size; one of them, known as the 'Chequer Elm,' measures thirty-one feet around the trunk, of which only the shell is left. Among the Trees at Elmridge In front of the house were some fine English elms, quite different from the American variety, and from these the house got its name. Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans The linden or lime is a Roman importation, the small-leaved species alone being indigenous; so is the English elm, which has now developed specific differences, which have caused botanists to rank it apart. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Little tufts of dead twigs along the main branches and trunk of the tree are characteristic of the English elm and will frequently help to distinguish it from the American elm. Studies of Trees Since I have heard of the fragility of the English elm, which is the fatal fault of our own, I have questioned whether it can claim a greater longevity than ours. Our Hundred Days in Europe The English elm, though not so graceful as ours, is more grand and stately, and better for architectural effects. Travellers' Stories The creek oaks have rough barked trunks, like English elms, but are much taller, and higher to the branches—and the leaves are reedy; Kendel, the Australian poet, calls them the 'she-oak harps Aeolian'. Joe Wilson and His Mates I thought of the graceful American elms in front of Longfellow's house and the sturdy English elms that stand in front of Lowell's. Our Hundred Days in Europe |
随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。