trunk
trunk 英 [trʌŋk] 美 [trʌŋk]
n. 树干;躯干;象鼻;汽车车尾的行李箱
名词复数:trunks
- The noun trunk refers to the main stem of a tree. If you want to make maple syrup, you need to tap the trunk of the maple tree and collect the tree's sap, which can then be boiled into a sticky syrup.
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- n. 树干;躯干;象鼻;汽车车尾的行李箱
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1. The bark was riven off from the trunk.
树皮从树干上被扯了下来。
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2. the bottom of the trunk.
树干底部
- trunk (n.1) mid-15c., "box, case," from Old French tronc "alms box in a church," also "trunk of a tree, trunk of the human body, wooden block" (12c.), from Latin truncus "trunk of a tree, trunk of the body," of uncertain origin, probably originally "mutilated, cut off," and perhaps from PIE root *tere- (2) "cross over, pass through, overcome."
- trunk (n.2) "elephant's snout," 1560s, apparently from trunk (n.1), perhaps from confusion with trump (n.2), short for trumpet.
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