saguaro
saguaro 英 [sə'gwɑːrəʊ;-'wɑː-] 美 [sə'ɡwɑro]
n. 树形仙人掌（仙人掌的一种，产于美国南部及墨西哥）
名词复数:saguaros
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- n. 树形仙人掌（仙人掌的一种，产于美国南部及墨西哥）
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1. A saguaro cactus stands tall amid a frenzy of lightning bolts in Arizona.
亚利桑那州，一株巨人柱仙人掌矗立在一团狂暴的闪电中。
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2. Some cacti, like the saguaro, grow to tree size, but true trees need more moisture than most desert environments can supply, so they are scarce on deserts.
一些仙人掌，如撒瓜罗，能长到象树那么高。 但真正的树却需要比大多数沙漠所能提供的更多的水份，所以树在沙漠里是鲜见的。
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3. "We risk losing iconic charismatic megaflora such as saguaro cactus and joshua trees," co-author Steven Archer of the University of Arizona, Tucson, said at a press conference.
“我们将要冒失去有特征生物的险，如Saguaro和Joshua Tree,”来自亚利桑那大学的斯蒂文(Steven Archer)是作者之一，他在一媒体发言会上如此说。
- saguaro (n.) type of large branching columnar cactus of the North American desert, 1856, from Mexican Spanish, from a native name of unknown origin, perhaps from Yaqui (Sonoran).
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