橡树

我们坐在一棵枝繁叶茂的橡树树荫下。

We sat in the leafy shade of an oak tree .

一棵橡树的影子投射在一洼圆形的小水池上。

An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool

他是个大块头，结实得像棵橡树。

He was a huge man , built like an oak tree .

一棵棵高大橡树的枝条随风摇摆。

The wind was bouncing the branches of the big oak trees .

种植了云杉、松树和橡树等树木。

Trees such as spruce , pine and oak have been planted .

在一张宽大的橡树桌上摆放着一盒盒中式食品。

Cartons of Chinese food were arrayed on a large oak table .

很多高大的橡树在战争中遭到了砍伐。

Many large oaks were felled during the war .

5头奶牛在一棵大橡树旁悠闲自在地啃着青草。

Five cows graze serenely around a massive oak

我们家门口有两棵枝繁叶茂的大橡树。

There were two very large oak trees in front of our house with wide spreading branches and luxuriant foliage .

他们去游泳池游泳，去骑马，一天之中最热之时在橡树的浓阴下消磨时间。

They used the swimming-pool , rode , lazed in the deep shade of the oaks in the heat of the day .

我原以为我们最远能到达橡树谷，结果只走完了第一段路程。

I had thought we might travel as far as Oak Valley , but we only managed the first lap of the journey .

我们伐倒了一棵橡树。

We chopped down an oak tree .

当这种情况发生的时候，很多树，比如核桃树、橡树和松树，就会完全依靠所谓的“会播种的寄宿伙伴”，比如鸟的帮助，鸟会把树种带到新的地点。

When that happens , many trees like walnuts , oaks and pines , rely exclusively on so-called " scatter hoarders , " such as birds , to move their seeds to new localities .

这对我们而言也是一种妤办法——让鸟儿做这项工作经济实惠又有效，这也给脆弱的橡树和松树一个选择，让它们可以真正地“像树一样离开”。

It 's a solution for us — getting birds to do the work is cheap and effective — and it could give vulnerable oaks and pines the option to truly " make like a tree and leave . "

芦苇耐风暴，橡树却会倒

Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm .

因此，橡树很少会被大风吹倒。

so that an oak-tree is very seldom blown down by the wind .

橡树的寿命很长。

The oak lives to a great age .

随着冬天的到来，橡树的叶子变成褐色，从树上掉落。

As winter approaches , the leaves turn brown and drop off the oak-tree .

橡树孕育于橡子之中。

The oak is implicit in the acorn .

盘根错节的老橡树根

the knotty roots of the old oak tree

在所有森林树种之中，橡树是最为优良、最为有用的一种树木。

The oak is one of the finest and most useful of all our forest trees .

橡树的果实是一种棕色的小坚果，名叫橡子。

The fruit of the oak is a small brown nut , which is called an acorn3 .

夜莺坐在一棵橡树的树枝上，像往常一样在唱歌。

A nightingale was sitting on a bough1 of an oak and singing , as her custom was .

在英国，有些橡树的寿命据说超过了五百年。

There are a few oak-trees in Britain which are believed to be more than five hundred years old .

以前，橡树经常用于造船，但现在绝大部分船只都是由钢铁制成。

Oak was formerly5 much used for building ships , but most ships are now built of iron or steel .

到了春季，橡树又会重新长出树叶，而四月或五月时分就会出现一小簇一小簇的绿色花朵。

In the spring the leaves grow again , and in April or May little clusters of small greenish flowers appear .

但它也有负面影响，即破坏庄稼、摧毁如白蜡树和橡树等树木。

But they have a negative side – destroying crops and wiping out trees such as the ash and the elm .

每年，橡树的茎干都会变得更粗，因为树皮之下长出了新的一层木头。

Every year the stem of the oak-tree becomes a little thicker , for a new layer of wood grows all round it just under the bark .

“这是专为巴黎圣母院挑选出来的一千棵橡树中的一棵。较小的树干将被用来重建中世纪屋梁。像这样的大树干将用来重建尖顶。”

This is one of the thousand oak trees that have been specially8 selected for Notre Dame . Smaller tree trunks will be used to rebuild the medieval rafters .

然而，如果要用作木材，就需要在橡树长到六十到一百岁的时候将其伐倒。

But if the wood of the oak is to be used as timber , the tree should be cut down when it is from sixty to one hundred years of age .