V2EX cottonwood

Cottonwood

释义 Definition

“Cottonwood” 指棉白杨/三角叶杨等一类杨树(多见于北美),因其种子成熟时会飘出像棉絮一样的白色绒毛而得名。(也常用来泛指“会飘絮的杨树”。)

发音 Pronunciation

/ktnwd/

例句 Examples

The cottonwood trees shed white fluff in late spring.
棉白杨在晚春会飘落白色绒絮。

A line of cottonwoods along the river marked the old trail, their leaves flickering silver in the wind.
河边一排棉白杨标出了旧小径,风里叶子闪着银色的光。

词源 Etymology

cotton(棉花)+ wood(木/树) 组成的复合词,形容这种树在结果时会释放“像棉花一样”的飞絮;并不表示木材本身是“棉花做的”,而是来自其外观特征的命名方式。

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文学作品中的用例 Literary Works

  • My ntonia(Willa Cather)中多次描写大平原景色与河岸树木(含 cottonwood)作为环境意象。
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(Mark Twain)等以密西西比河流域为背景的作品中,常出现 cottonwood 作为河岸景物描写的一部分。
  • The Grapes of Wrath(John Steinbeck)等描写美国乡土与迁徙的小说中,也会用 cottonwood 来呈现道路、河谷与乡野风景。
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