单词 | canopy |
释义 | canopy (kænəpi ) Word forms: canopies 1. countable noun A canopy is a decorated cover, often made of cloth, which is placed above something such as a bed or a seat. 2. countable noun [usually singular] A canopy is a layer of something that spreads out and covers an area, for example the branches and leaves that spread out at the top of trees in a forest. The trees formed such a dense canopy that all beneath was a deep carpet of pine-needles. Synonyms: covering, layer, blanket, mantle Collocations: canopy of stars Touch a button from your fourposter bed and the ceiling slides open to reveal a canopy of stars. Times,Sunday Times Fruit bats flapping behind the screen, lions a short roar away, a picnic under a canopy of stars — it's goodbye multiplex, hello moonlit magic. Times, Sunday Times Evenings now reveal a rarely seen canopy of stars. Times,Sunday Times Of course, there's an abundance of entertainment too, with live music and beach parties all taking place under a bright moon and canopy of stars. Times, Sunday Times All four characters are seated on a fallen, hollow, metal column and are surrounded by a canopy of stars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Having slid back his cockpit canopy, and slipped his safety harness, he forgot to disconnect his radio and oxygen lines. Times, Sunday Times A second prototype was fitted with a sliding cockpit canopy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pilot comfort was improved by slightly reclining the seat back and increasing legroom, and visibility was increased through a larger one-piece cockpit canopy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At some point it was fitted with a multi-transparency cockpit canopy. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The aircraft was optionally piloted; a single-seat cockpit was installed for ferry and training flights; a fairing would replace the cockpit canopy on operational missions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It has a dense canopy, in which the leaves are turning yellow and there are many bunches of red berries. Times, Sunday Times As we enter the park, the dense canopy casts the jungle into verdant gloom. Smithsonian In the past the hornbeam would have been coppiced for timber, but in my wood it has grown up to form a dense canopy. Times, Sunday Times More than 6,000 plant species have been found in just one square kilometre and more than 1,000 species of birds make the dense canopy their home. The Sun It's tucked away down a tiny lane, over which trees form a dense canopy, so that you would never come across it by chance. Times, Sunday Times The water is cool, refreshing and safe, overlooking a forest canopy where sulphur-crested cockatoos and rainbow lorikeets hold screeching matches. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Walk instead with me beneath a forest canopy in the English spring. Times, Sunday Times (2012) For me it wasn't the green forest canopy beneath my feet or the rush of the wind. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Additionally, it enables the estimation of forest canopy transmissivity without ancillary data. 2018, 'Observations of a Coniferous Forest at 9.6 and 17.2 GHz: Implications for SWE Retrievals', Remote Sensing The car glides along on compressed air while solar power from the glass canopy recharges the batteries and runs the air filters. Times, Sunday Times Cover it with a glass canopy that can be opened in good weather. Times, Sunday Times That's because information and films can be projected on to the glass canopy. The Sun He decided he wanted a huge glass door that swung upwards to form a glass canopy over the outdoor seating area. Times, Sunday Times The five-point harness stops my helmet slamming against the glass canopy before we're catapulted earthbound at a rate of 260mph. Times, Sunday Times Above, a sprinkling of rain has begun, but nothing penetrates the leaf canopy. Times, Sunday Times By then the leaf canopy will have closed and the place will have its own sounds and silences. Times, Sunday Times Maximum potato yield loss appears to be related to infestations occurring early in the growing season, or on crops with a significant leaf canopy by summer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Research over the past ten years has shown that large street trees with extensive leaf canopies have a remarkable ability to filter out particulates and purify the air. Times, Sunday Times They roost in leaf canopies, mostly preferring the convenient shelter of young waterside mangrove trees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Ingenious eruptions produce from nowhere a huge solid tree and vines dangling in a leafy canopy. Times, Sunday Times It grows strongly to 30ft or more, with the light leafy canopy turning gold in autumn, and can be underplanted with winter bulbs. Times, Sunday Times Still, now you can shape the remaining leafy canopy, snipping away to the top and sides, but never cutting into that older wood. Times, Sunday Times As a result they 'float' amid the leafy canopy, as unobtrusive as the most highly trained butler. Times, Sunday Times Pausing, he stared up into the leafy canopy, but he couldn't see anything. Times, Sunday Times A little further on, a movement high in the rainforest canopy, and a wild orang-utan stretches out for another leaf. Times, Sunday Times What better paparazzi screen than the rainforest canopy? Times, Sunday Times There are also whale and dolphinspotting tours and zip-wiring through the rainforest canopy. The Sun Up, up we go on a 25-minute tramway above the rainforest canopy, where tapirs rustle below. Times, Sunday Times After a long walk beneath the rainforest canopy in the afternoon heat, we emerge at a small clearing. The Sun Beneath the thick canopy, the challenges faced by the collectors are obvious. Times, Sunday Times Nothing thrives beneath its thick canopy and carcinogenic spores. Times, Sunday Times Vines skulk over bricks and the sun casts shadows through a thick canopy of branches. Times, Sunday Times They avoided areas with short grass and woodland where trees formed a thick canopy or thickets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The deep plunge pool at the foot of the waterfall was hidden under the thick canopy of the tropical rainforest before deforestation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Follow a trail from the forest floor to the heights of the tree canopy. Times, Sunday Times Planting at ground level rushes to bloom earlier in the year, before the tree canopy fills in and shades out the light. Times, Sunday Times Perched 59ft above the ground and 656ft long, it allows visitors to enter the tree canopy amid sweet chestnuts and deciduous oaks. Times, Sunday Times The accommodation, 5m up in the tree canopy, isn't primitive. Times, Sunday Times Nearby attractions include dune-buggy offroading, dolphin encounters, catamaran sailing and tours of the tree canopy. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 华盖 Japanese: 天蓋 |
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