| 单词 | sapling |
| 释义 | sapling (once / 2471 pages) n A young tree with a slender trunk is known as a sapling. Just as a young duck is called a "duckling," a young tree is called a sapling. The suffix "-ling" comes from Old English and often shows up today at the end of words to mean "young" or "youngster." Brothers and sisters are called siblings. A baby goose is called a gosling. Someone who works under you is called an underling. The way to remember the meaning of sapling is that trees make "sap" — the sweet, sugary liquid that, in sugar maples, gets turned into syrup. A young tree, then, is known as a sapling. One day, it'll make sap. WORD FAMILYsapling: saplings USAGE EXAMPLESHe looked at a lean sapling of a forward and asked quietly: “Elijah, you tired? No mas?” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) A sapling, morphing into a seedling, his bark showed no memories, but pain to him was an entity. Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) The saplings were grown by the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive, a Michigan nonprofit saving the genetics of ancient trees by cloning and planting. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) n young tree Hyper tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms |
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