【birch】 - A-level备考词汇

birch

UK:  [bɜːtʃ]

US:  [bɜrtʃ]

复数：birches  过去分词：birched  现在分词：birching  

v.

1.用桦条打

n.

1.【植】桦树; 白桦

2.【植】桦木

3.桦条,旧时多用于体罚

1 . Over the greatness of such space Steps must be gentle It is all hung by an invisible white hair It trembles as birch limbs webbing the air.
踏过着空旷的境地，脚步轻柔。是看不见的一丝白发悬挂，在白桦树的蜘蛛网旁摇曳。

2 . One of these, the birch fungus, is known to have antibacterial properties, and was likely used for medicinal purposes.
其中之一，桦木真菌，是已知的抗菌性能，并负责入药可能。

3 . some pitch pine or gnarled oak occupies what was the chimney nook, and a sweet-scented black birch, perhaps, waves where the door-stone was.
烟囱那个角落现在给苍松或多节的橡树占去了，原来是门槛的地方，也许还摇曳着一技馥郁的黑杨树。

4 . The beautiful maiden took the flax from her head, wound it round the stem of a slender birch, grasped the spindle, and began to spin.
少女从她头上取下亚麻，将它绕在一根细细的白桦树枝上，抓起纱锭开始纺纱。

5 . The drooping branches of the birch-trees swayed in the wind, and dripped bright drops aslant across the road.
低垂的白桦树枝条湿漉漉的，轻风吹过摇摇晃晃，斜斜地撒下晶莹的水珠。