| 单词 | kapok |
| 例句 | We can look out our door and know when the butcher marché is open for business, if the big kapok tree down there is filled with black buzzards. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The great old kapoks and baobabs that shaded our village ached and groaned in their branches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The tent smells of tar and kapok and brown paper with cheese grease on it, and crushed grass. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z There was also a case of canvas with a tough wooden frame, lined with kapok, containing various instruments; and there was a pistol in a holster. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Thirty feet above them dangles the red fruit of tall kapok trees, each scarlet bulb reflected perfectly in the still water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z After a while, without saying anything, I went to the side of the road and lay down on a pile of damp leaves between the tall, buttressed roots of a kapok tree. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Right smack in the middle of the village is a huge kapok tree, which is where they get together and have their market every fifth day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Your Hint: The villagers in this border region are surrounded by a landscape where hundreds of caves are hidden beneath thick vines and towering dipterocarp, kapok and teak trees. In Transit Blog: Guess Where This Is 2011-10-06T16:30:11Z An enormous kapok tree shades the garden that contains the restaurant, a stage and exhibit space. 36 Hours in Dakar, Senegal 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z No tattoo parlors, only hill-tribe villages for neighbors and a karst-and-mist landscape where hundreds of caves lay hidden beneath thick vines and towering dipterocarp, kapok and teak trees. Journeys: Ban Tham Lod in Northern Thailand 2011-10-07T18:55:00Z Stop to admire the 186-year-old kapok tree, then continue to the Society of the Four Arts complex, where you can tour the botanical and sculpture gardens around the library. What to Do in Palm Beach, Fla. 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z A favorite is the kapok tree: strongly rooted, with branches that reach toward the sky. Germaine Acogny on Choosing to Be the Chosen One 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The boats carried a maximum of 10 passengers, along with one of the ship’s three naturalists who kept an eye out for animals hidden in the mahogany, kapok and Brazil nut trees. Personal Journeys : Pink Dolphins and Sunsets Along the Amazon 2014-04-11T18:08:34Z The undulating stone walls of the building hold Dakar’s most original hotel lobby, where the roots and branches of a giant kapok tree lead your eyes to unique sculptures and engravings. 36 Hours in Dakar, Senegal 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z One afternoon we passed a kapok tree, 150 feet tall with splayed buttresses and thick, weeping vines, which Shakai explained as a home of arutam: the spirit of the forest, and ancestors. Amazon Awakening 2010-10-15T18:24:00Z A 230-foot kapok tree known as the Cotton Tree, a symbol of freedom at the center of Sierra Leone’s foundation story, was felled in a heavy storm. Your Friday Briefing 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z The kapok tree stood in the middle of a roundabout in central Freetown near the national museum and the president's office. Sierra Leone loses historic tree, a symbol of freedom, in rainstorm 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Up to 12 kinds are being planted, from palms and tamarinds to kapoks and lemon trees - the varieties depend on the needs of the community and the terrain. The Senegal man on a mission to plant five million trees 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Often, Dr. Sanz said, interactions occurred after a band of chimps located an exciting meal, such as a fruiting strangler fig or kapok. Primate Pals: When Chimps and Gorillas Form Rainforest Friendships 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z The first time I saw a huge samaúma, also called a kapok, was in the Tapajós National Forest in northern Brazil. Opinion | The Grandmother Trees 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z One of the most widely used appliances was a life-jacket stuffed with “kapok” or floss. From the archive 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Perhaps the most eloquent examples are a roomful of coiled sculptures made from women’s mesh tights stuffed with kapok. Review: Sarah Lucas show at the Hammer Museum is naked but definitely not afraid 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z As we ventured further into Casamance by dug-out canoe, itself built from a single piece of wood hewn from the roots of a kapok tree, the true value of the project was brought into focus. The Senegal man on a mission to plant five million trees 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Elders designate big, old kapok trees as “sacred” in order to protect them, knowing it’s not true, said Fernandes, and pastors cut them down to demonstrate God’s strength. 'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Construction is to begin this spring, and the building should be completed later this year.The highly adaptable Caribbean kapok tree inspired Project Haiti's functional design. Green Blog: Will Biomimcry Offer a Way Forward, Post-Sandy? 2013-01-04T22:40:18Z Traps were carefully shaded and a ball of kapok was placed in each trap to provide protection against the killing temperatures that can develop inside. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z He was as stuffed with artificial rage as a teddy bear crammed with kapok. The chancellor was as stuffed with artificial rage as a teddy bear crammed with kapok 2011-01-11T18:59:03Z Wrapped in a thick blanket of hand woven kapok, he confronted them with that air of dignity and distinction common to those who from early life have dominated the councils of a community. Terry A Tale of the Hill People Star-shaped trunks of Ceiba petandra, or kapok trees, stretch up and tower over the islands. 'Our god is stronger' - can biodiverse Bijagós fend off evangelical threat? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, the structure of the building's balcony mimics the kapok tree's branching system, with so-called "daughter limbs" and doubly thick "mother limbs" on alternating floors for added strength. Green Blog: Will Biomimcry Offer a Way Forward, Post-Sandy? 2013-01-04T22:40:18Z In the laboratory, pregnant females were supplied with either kapok, cotton, or a piece of burlap with which to make a nest. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z In the illustration showing kapok acting as a parasol for cacao in Java, we see that the proportion of shade trees to cacao is high. Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer The kapok or cotton was used directly by the mice in constructing a hollow, compact, moundlike nest. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z In captivity, both species constructed nests that were indistinguishable to me, when the mice were given cotton, kapok, or pieces of burlap as building material. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z The cotton or kapok was used directly, but the burlap was shredded into a fine mass of fluffy fibers. Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 2012-02-24T03:00:32.243Z |
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