| 单词 | hardwood tree |
| 释义 | > as lemmashardwood tree a. Originally simply: wood that is hard. In later use spec. the wood of broadleaved or dicotyledonous trees (such as oak, ash, and teak), which is typically (although not always) hard, as distinguished from that of conifers (such as pine), which is typically softer. Frequently attributive, as hardwood tree, hardwood forest, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > [noun] > hardwood hardwood1485 1485 in Descriptive Catal. Anc. Deeds Public Rec. Office (1890) I. 358 vi. lodys of herdwod sufficiently brokn and dressyd accordyng to there chymnes. a1525 Regul. Houshold Earl of Northumb. (1770) 72 The shedes to be maid of the said Hardwode to be in leinth a Yerde and in thikenes a Spanne. 1568 Kirton-in-Lindsey Churchwardens' Accts. in N.-W. Lincs. Gloss. William Chapman, iij lode of hardwodde. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 536 Let them climb vp higher to the vpper boughs, leauing alwaies vpon euery loft or scaffold..one branch of the old hard wood, and another young imp or twig. 1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre ii. xvii. iv. 30 Lay in some sharpe stakes of hard wood a yard into the ground. 1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation iv. viii. 133/1 Box, Walnut-tree, or such kind of hard Wood. 1767 N.Y. Jrnl. 6 Aug. (advt.) Charles Shipman, Ivory and Hardwood Turner. 1793 Cabinet-makers' London Bk. Prices (ed. 2) 83 With king, tulip, or any other hard wood. 1822 Amer. Farmer 3 863/3 The alburnum gradually changes into hard wood, called the heart of the tree. 1824 Glasgow Mechanics' Mag. 25 Sept. 146/1 A plank of hardwood was fixed to tenons cut in the iron. 1896 Appletons' Pop. Sci. Monthly May 117 A handsome hardwood case. 1909 U.S. Dept. Agric. Farmers' Bull. No. 358. 44 In the Mississippi Valley lies the interior hardwood forest of oaks, hickories, ashes, gums, and other hardwood trees. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie China & Japan (1994) xvii. 331 There was a subtle connection between fire and mistletoe, perhaps because fire was obtained by friction of soft and hard wood, and an intoxicating elixir prepared from a tree or its parasite was believed to be ‘fire water’—that is, ‘water of life.’ 1944 W. Morgan in R. Greenhalgh Pract. Builder ix. 322/2 The core of better-quality laminated boards is usually of hardwood, such as Gaboon mahogany. 2005 C. Tudge Secret Life Trees viii. 161 Common box, Buxus sempervirens, is one of only two evergreen hardwood trees that seem to be native to Britain. 2009 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 26 Aug. d5/2 The smoked fish sold in the Upper Peninsula..has been hot smoked, skin on, over a roaring hardwood fire. hardwood tree ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > other non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] andrachne1601 genip1666 allspice1686 allspice tree1691 Morinda1754 garcinia1760 pea tree1766 canarium1776 Pemphis1777 oak tree1789 buddleia1791 ixora1816 Canary wood1820 persea1823 naio1826 plume nutmeg1846 partridge pea1852 Leichhardt-tree1860 hardwood1864 scrubwood1874 tree lily1891 pagoda tree1940 schefflera1954 1864 A. H. R. Grisebach Flora Brit. W. Indian Islands 784/1 Hardwood tree: Ixora ferrea. < as lemmas |
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