他发誓说要是他逮到踩倒他树苗的人，他就要赤手空拳地把那人掐死。 He swore that if ever he caught the fellow that had trampled down his saplings, he would strangle him with his bare hands.
由于不正确地打桩，小树苗的树皮受到了损伤 The bark of saplings galled by improper staking.
她一斧子就把树苗砍倒了。 She cut down the sapling with one chop.
