elm

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elm /elm/ noun [countable, uncountable]  HBPa type of large tree with broad leaves, or the wood from this tree 榆树；榆木

Examples from the Corpus

elm• Here were the hop fields, and elms and pines and cedars: the country of early settlement, rich and Europeanized.• Today, half or more of our Arnerican elms have been killed.• Because, said Williams, both elms and oysters have saturated their living space already.• It is over there, by that giant elm.• The dark gray elms stood against the sky like exposed nerves.• The broomstick dipped and then dived towards a dark wood of tall elms and flew over the tops.• Thus elm trees clone themselves to form entire copses, and we cloned Dolly from cultured mammary gland cells.• The woods most used in construction were elm and ash, both very hard and durable.Origin elm Old English

elm nounChinese  

large with a broad of Corpus type tree

elm
elm /elm/ noun [uncountable and countable]a type of large tree with broad leaves, or the wood from this tree

elmBrE /elm/ 🔊NAmE /elm/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (also ˈelm tree) a tall tree with broad leaves 榆树◆a line of stately elms一排雄伟壮观的榆树◆The avenue was planted with elm.大道边上种着榆树。 [uncountable] the hard wood of the elm tree 榆木