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词汇 tumbleweed
释义 tumbleweed
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈtʌm.bəl.wiːd/ us /ˈtʌm.bəl.wiːd/
a plant of North America and Australia that breaks near the ground when it dies, and forms large balls that are rolled around by the wind风滚草(生长于北美和澳大利亚,枯萎后在地面处折落,随风像球一样四处滚动)
 
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Examples of tumbleweed


tumbleweed
They named their tricky construction a 'tumbleweed'.
She came across like a character in a western, wandering on a desert plain with tumbleweed blowing around.
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As a chenopod, quinoa is closely related to species such as beetroots, spinach and tumbleweeds.
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At maturity, the entire fruit body may become detached from the ground, and the spores spread as the puffball is blown around like a tumbleweed.
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Some achenes have accessory hair-like structures that cause them to tumble in the wind in a manner similar to a tumbleweed.
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Tumbleweed highlights short films and documentaries from independent filmmakers throughout the world.
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This is where the outback begins, with plenty of kangaroos and emus and giant tumbleweeds roll across the roads.
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Abandoned streets and taxiways are being eroded away by sands, tumbleweeds and time.
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Tumbleweed has licensed this and related patents in their patent portfolio to 29 companies.
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Tumbleweed products were used to block security threats, protect information, and conduct business online.
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When the husband reaches her, they realise they are being stalked... by tumbleweeds who appear to be possessed by some form of energy.
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Tumbleweeds replenish when the last one has been eliminated.
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Tumbleweed is part of the small house movement.
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It is a tumbleweed and a resurrection plant.
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The information about the orange grove is confirmed: his barren plot contains only a tumbledown shack and a tumbleweed.
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