yew

英 [juː] 美 [juː]

• n. 紫杉；紫杉木

英英释义

Noun:

1. wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

2. any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. They planted many yews in the park.
   他们在公园里种了许多紫杉。
2. The leaves of yew trees are poisonous to cattle.
   紫杉树叶会令牛中毒。
3. The yew hedges muffled the sound of the men's footsteps.
   紫杉树篱的叶子沙沙声掩盖了两个男人的脚步声。
4. The timber of Chinese yew is one of the 37 kinds of that of the national embargo.
   红豆杉木材是国家禁止出口的37种木材之一。

词汇搭配

• common yew 欧洲紫杉