| 单词 |
nut-tree |
| 释义 |
ˈnut-tree
[f. nut n.1 + tree n.]
A tree that bears nuts; esp. the hazel (Corylus Avellana).
1390Gower Conf. II. 30 Phillis in the same throwe Was schape into a Notetre. c1400Mandeville (1839) xxviii. 289 There ben Note Trees, that beren Notes all grete as a Mannes Hed. 1483Cath. Angl. 257/2 Nuttre, corulus. 1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 53 b, The Nut tree may be called and that very aptlie, an iniurious and vnquiet neighbour. 1598W. Phillip tr. Linschoten 8 Therein growe many Indian palmes or nut trees. 1662J. Davies tr. Mandelslo's Trav. (1669) 119 The Mangas grow on Trees not much unlike our Nut-trees. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. I. 27/1 The Nut Tree..is extremely tractable, and good for..Boards or Planks. 1839–40W. Irving Wolfert's Roost (1855) 35 The squirrel, from his nut-tree, would gaze at me for an instant, with sparkling eye.
attrib.1601Holland Pliny I. 437 Those plums..that are graffed in Nut-tree stocks. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Nuciprunum, a Plum grafted on a Nut-tree Stock. 1882W. F. Kirby Europ. Butterflies & M. (1903) Plate lv, Nepticula Microtheriella—Nut-tree Pigmy. |
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