boxwood
/boks-wood/US // ˈbɒksˌwʊd //UK // (ˈbɒksˌwʊd) //
黄杨木,黄杨树,黄杨,黄杨柳
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the hard, fine-grained, compact wood of the box shrub or tree, used for wood-engravers' blocks, musical instruments, etc.
- : the tree or shrub itself.
Examples
The hidden courtyard-gardens are lush affairs with manicured boxwood, stone fountains.
Schoolboys call tops made of boxwood, boxers; while the inferior ones, which are generally made of beechwood, they call bacons.
Boxwood scales are much cheaper, although not so durable as those made of ivory.
I fashioned a pen from a piece of boxwood, and was agreeably surprised at the excellent results obtained with it.
The two figures moved stealthily along the boxwood hedge which bordered the rear of the George Brady property.
The latter he turned for himself upon a lathe; and p 99for this work John sent him a present of boxwood, juniper, and plane.
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