英语词汇“arboreal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

If it has to do with trees, you can call it arboreal. Monkeys that live in trees are arboreal. The rings of a tree are an indication of arboreal age.

The word arboreal comes from the Latin arboreus, which means "pertaining to trees." It's a word that refers not just to animals that live in trees, but also to anything that resembles the branching form of a tree — like a chandelier or a family geology drawn out. It even can be used to describe, as its Latin root suggests, something pertaining to trees. A Christmas tree shop is an arboreal wonderland. There are trees everywhere!

VOCABULARY SHOUT-OUT

Lorrie Moore's "Bark" is "Arboreal"...and Fun!

Reviewing Lorrie Moore's new story collection Bark for the New York Times' Sunday Book Review, journalist and novelist David Gates trots out the delightfully specific arboreal when he writes:

Let’s start with that title [Bark]. The three epigraphs (from the poets Louise Glück, Caroline Squire and Amy Gerstler) point toward both the canine and arboreal senses of the word — a monitory utterance, a protective shell — and those senses keep bobbing up from story to story.

Arboreal means "pertaining to trees." If you happen to remember that the April holiday Arbor Day is tree-related, this won't take you by surprise. You might also intuit from Gates's reference to "both the canine and arboreal senses of the word [bark]," that since canine means "pertaining to dogs," arboreal's definition will involve "pertaining to" as well.

But let's say you're not a fan of Arbor Day, a student of Latin, or even a person graced with an understanding of the word canine....No problem. Gates has conscientiously supplied further clues in his sentence which will make everything clear. Sort of.

It's always tricky when a word's context clues are as opaque to a reader as the word itself, and this is likely to be the case for many readers here. When Gates clarifies "canine and arboreal senses of" bark as "a monitory utterance, a protective shell," a reader might be more, rather than less, confused. Monitory, which means "serving to warn," as a dog's bark might do, is rarer than arboreal and makes canine look like the lexico-equivalent of house and car.

And yet, once you've got those three words under your belt, you're suddenly able to understand the richness of Gates's wit. To indulge in an exclamation point, which Gates calls "that cheap and skinny punctuational powerhouse" when crediting Moore as its "great deployer": Fun!

WORD FAMILY

arboreal: arboreally, nonarboreal+/arbor: arborary, arboreal, arboreous, arborical, arborist, arborous, arbors/arborist: arborists

USAGE EXAMPLES

But the most important thing about this epiphany was not the arboreal splendor itself, but the Lord’s appointment on earth: The Christmas Tree Whisperer.

Salon(Dec 18, 2016)

“If she evolved from a more arboreal ancestor she may just not have had the time yet to evolve a shorter upper limb,” he said.

Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016)

That contribution inspires and informs Arboreal, a beautiful, insightful anthology edited by nature writer Adrian Cooper.

Nature(Oct 18, 2016)

1adj of or relating to or formed by trees

Syn

arborary, arborical, arborous

2adj resembling a tree in form and branching structure

Syn

arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike
branchy

having many branches

3adj inhabiting or frequenting trees

arboreal apes

Syn|Ant

arboreous, tree-living

nonarboreal

not inhabiting or frequenting trees

单词	arboreal
释义	arboreal (once / 17511 pages) adj If it has to do with trees, you can call it arboreal. Monkeys that live in trees are arboreal. The rings of a tree are an indication of arboreal age. The word arboreal comes from the Latin arboreus, which means "pertaining to trees." It's a word that refers not just to animals that live in trees, but also to anything that resembles the branching form of a tree — like a chandelier or a family geology drawn out. It even can be used to describe, as its Latin root suggests, something pertaining to trees. A Christmas tree shop is an arboreal wonderland. There are trees everywhere! VOCABULARY SHOUT-OUT Lorrie Moore's "Bark" is "Arboreal"...and Fun! Reviewing Lorrie Moore's new story collection Bark for the New York Times' Sunday Book Review, journalist and novelist David Gates trots out the delightfully specific arboreal when he writes: Let’s start with that title [Bark]. The three epigraphs (from the poets Louise Glück, Caroline Squire and Amy Gerstler) point toward both the canine and arboreal senses of the word — a monitory utterance, a protective shell — and those senses keep bobbing up from story to story. Arboreal means "pertaining to trees." If you happen to remember that the April holiday Arbor Day is tree-related, this won't take you by surprise. You might also intuit from Gates's reference to "both the canine and arboreal senses of the word [bark]," that since canine means "pertaining to dogs," arboreal's definition will involve "pertaining to" as well. But let's say you're not a fan of Arbor Day, a student of Latin, or even a person graced with an understanding of the word canine....No problem. Gates has conscientiously supplied further clues in his sentence which will make everything clear. Sort of. It's always tricky when a word's context clues are as opaque to a reader as the word itself, and this is likely to be the case for many readers here. When Gates clarifies "canine and arboreal senses of" bark as "a monitory utterance, a protective shell," a reader might be more, rather than less, confused. Monitory, which means "serving to warn," as a dog's bark might do, is rarer than arboreal and makes canine look like the lexico-equivalent of house and car. And yet, once you've got those three words under your belt, you're suddenly able to understand the richness of Gates's wit. To indulge in an exclamation point, which Gates calls "that cheap and skinny punctuational powerhouse" when crediting Moore as its "great deployer": Fun! WORD FAMILY arboreal: arboreally, nonarboreal+/arbor: arborary, arboreal, arboreous, arborical, arborist, arborous, arbors/arborist: arborists USAGE EXAMPLES But the most important thing about this epiphany was not the arboreal splendor itself, but the Lord’s appointment on earth: The Christmas Tree Whisperer. Salon(Dec 18, 2016) “If she evolved from a more arboreal ancestor she may just not have had the time yet to evolve a shorter upper limb,” he said. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) That contribution inspires and informs Arboreal, a beautiful, insightful anthology edited by nature writer Adrian Cooper. Nature(Oct 18, 2016) 1adj of or relating to or formed by trees Syn arborary, arborical, arborous 2adj resembling a tree in form and branching structure Syn arboreous, arborescent, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike branchy having many branches 3adj inhabiting or frequenting trees arboreal apes Syn\|Ant arboreous, tree-living nonarboreal not inhabiting or frequenting trees
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