单词 | pine |
释义 | pine (once / 180 pages) 1n 2v If you pine for someone, you desperately want to see them, be with them, or perhaps smother them with kisses. If you're texting your ex-boyfriend over 50 times a day, there's a pretty good chance that you still pine for him. In Old English, pine meant "to torture or cause to experience pain," which seems quite fitting if you've known what it's like to pine for something or someone. The verb pine should not be confused with the noun pine, as in the evergreen tree. If you are from the Northeast and find yourself living in the Caribbean, you may pine for the sight of a pine tree, but the lovely weather should ease the pain. WORD FAMILYpine: pined, pines, pining+/pining: pinings USAGE EXAMPLESAs the songwriters strummed guitars and punched lyrics into their phones, Pine’s children splashed in a swimming pool and a chef prepared brick-oven pizzas. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) For instance, there are 9 acres on the college property that contain loblolly pine trees that are beginning to fail from old age. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Seattle police described the victim’s wound as non-life-threatening after the New Year’s Eve incident at Third and Pine. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1n a coniferous tree Syn|Hypo|Hyper pine tree, true pine pinon, pinyon any of several low-growing pines of western North America Pinus glabra, spruce pinelarge two-needled pine of southeastern United States with light soft wood Pinus nigra, black pinelarge two-needled timber pine of southeastern Europe Pinus rigida, northern pitch pine, pitch pinelarge three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine Pinus serotina, pond pinelarge three-needled pine of sandy swamps of southeastern United States; needles longer than those of the northern pitch pine European nut pine, Pinus pinea, stone pine, umbrella pinemedium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown; widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds Pinus cembra, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine, arolla pine, cembra nut treelarge five-needled European pine; yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate Pinus mugo, Swiss mountain pine, dwarf mountain pine, mountain pine, mugho pine, mugo pinelow shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two Pinus longaeva, ancient pinesmall slow-growing pine of western United States similar to the bristlecone pine; chocolate brown bark in plates and short needles in bunches of 5; crown conic but becoming rough and twisted; oldest plant in the world growing to 5000 years in cold semidesert mountain tops white pineany of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when young; especially the eastern white pine yellow pineany of various pines having yellow wood Jeffrey pine, Jeffrey's pine, Pinus jeffreyi, black pinetall symmetrical pine of western North America having long blue-green needles in bunches of 3 and elongated cones on spreading somewhat pendulous branches; sometimes classified as a variety of ponderosa pine Pinus contorta, lodgepole, lodgepole pine, shore pine, spruce pineshrubby two-needled pine of coastal northwestern United States; red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares Pinus contorta murrayana, Sierra lodgepole pinetall subspecies of lodgepole pine Pinus taeda, frankincense pine, loblolly pinetall spreading three-needled pine of southeastern United States having reddish-brown fissured bark and a full bushy upper head Pinus banksiana, jack pineslender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly grey to red-brown fissured bark swamp pineany of several pines that prefer or endure moist situations such as loblolly pine or longleaf pine Canadian red pine, Pinus resinosa, red pinepine of eastern North America having long needles in bunches of two and reddish bark Pinus sylvestris, Scotch fir, Scotch pine, Scots pinemedium large two-needled pine of northern Europe and Asia having flaking red-brown bark Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, Virginia pine, scrub pinecommon small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2 Monterey pine, Pinus radiatatall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark Pinus aristata, Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, bristlecone pinesmall slow-growing upland pine of western United States (Rocky Mountains) having dense branches with fissured rust-brown bark and short needles in bunches of 5 and thorn-tipped cone scales; among the oldest living things some over 4500 years old Pinus pungens, hickory pine, prickly pine, table-mountain pinea small two-needled upland pine of the eastern United States (Appalachians) having dark brown flaking bark and thorn-tipped cone scales Pinus attenuata, knobcone pinemedium-sized three-needled pine of the Pacific coast of the United States having a prominent knob on each scale of the cone Japanese red pine, Japanese table pine, Pinus densiflorapine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature; grown as an ornamental Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii, black pinelarge Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of 2; widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog Pinus torreyana, Torrey pine, Torrey's pine, grey-leaf pine, sabine pine, soledad pinemedium-sized five-needled pine of southwestern California having long cylindrical cones nut pineany of several pinons bearing edible nutlike seeds Pinus muricata, bishop pine, bishop's pinetwo-needled or three-needled pinon mostly of northwestern California coast California single-leaf pinyon, Pinus californiarumvery small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle; similar to Parry's pinyon in range Parry's pinyon, Pinus parryana, Pinus quadrifoliafive-needled pinon of southern California and northern Baja California having (sometimes three-needled or four-needled showing hybridization from Pinus californiarum) American white pine, Pinus strobus, eastern white pine, weymouth pinetall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree Pinus monticola, mountain pine, silver pine, western white pinetall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature Pinus strobiformis, southwestern white pinemedium-size pine of northwestern Mexico; bark is dark brown and furrowed when mature Pinus flexilis, limber pinewestern North American pine with long needles and very flexible limbs and dark-grey furrowed bark Pinus albicaulis, whitebark pine, whitebarked pinesmall pine of western North America; having smooth grey-white bark and soft brittle wood; similar to limber pine Pinus ponderosa, bull pine, ponderosa, ponderosa pine, western yellow pinecommon and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature Georgia pine, Pinus palustris, longleaf pine, pitch pine, southern yellow pinelarge three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree Pinus echinata, short-leaf pine, shortleaf pine, shortleaf yellow pinelarge pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature conifer, coniferous tree any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones 2n straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus 2Hypo|Hyper knotty pine pine lumber with many knots; used especially for paneling and furniture white pinesoft white wood of white pine trees yellow pinehard yellowish wood of a yellow pine wood the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees v have a desire for something or someone who is not present I am pining for my lover Syn|Hypo|Hyper ache, languish, yearn, yen die languish as with love or desire hanker, long, yearn desire strongly or persistently |
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