| 词汇 | bough |
| 释义 | bough noun[ C ] literaryuk /baʊ/ us /baʊ/ a large branch of a tree大树枝，粗树枝 Parts of plants axil bark bilobed blade bulb caning cascara sagrada corolla endodermis floret inflorescence knot pistil rooty rosella seed coat seed pod sessile sting taproot Moreover, fruit trees by bending their boughs towards the earth seem to offer their crop to man. Sturdy maples threw curving, interlacing boughs across, through which the sun-light filtered and flickered. The cold sunlight came through the golden maple boughs and lay in patches on the undergrowth of drying golden-rod and asters. The natives cut the road, digging a ditch which they covered over with boughs and earth. There were the beehives, and the bees humming among the orchard boughs. bough | American Dictionarybough noun[ C ] us/bɑʊ/ a large branch of a tree Examples of boughbough Hemmed in by the intertwining boughs of the border, the portrait emphasises the solipsistic pleasure of individuated lyric poetry. Nowadays, nobody misses shillings, pennies and ha'pennies; surely in thirty years, no one would miss bough, ache, or sew. There are a lot of other things such as pea sticks and bean boughs which a farmer may want to carry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are given examples such as the word "bough," and told of difficulties of pronunciation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposed reforms would be like removing one of the principal boughs and grafting on a completely new variety. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lateral boughs were removed, and the tree is perfectly healthy and safe to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must pursue our policy so as to bend the boughs while they are still twigs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They see romantic love withering on the bough and all the rest of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You do not cut the branches off a tree and expect the branches, the boughs and the flowers to develop future trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing withered on the bough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The view was that there was a very urgent need for it to be taken up, otherwise the funding for it would wither on the bough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, a successful candidate had first to test his mettle by plucking a golden bough from one of the trees in the sacred grove. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The home they built was constructed out of poles covered with hemlock boughs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The wood-frame buildings were covered with panels of decorative boughs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A large percentage of the precipitation is trapped in the upper tree boughs of the spruce forest and is released through evaporation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. See all examples of bough These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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