| 释义 |
slash pine in American English US 1. a common pine (Pinus caribaea) growing in slashes, or swamps, in the SE U.S., the West Indies, and Central America 2. the hard wood of this tree slash pine in American Englishnoun1. a pine, Pinus elliotii, found in slashes and swamps in the southeastern U.S., yielding a hard, durable wood Word origin [1880–85, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Chief of Staff, jackpot, quotation mark, rain check, regionalism |