tree
US: /ˈtɹi/
UK: /tɹˈiː/
UK: /tɹˈiː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
tree /tri:/
- danh từ
- cây
- (tôn giáo) giá chữ thập
- cái nòng (giày); cái cốt (yên); trục (bánh xe)
- biểu đồ hình cây, cây
- a genealogical tree: cây phả hệ
- at the top of the tree
- ở bậc cao nhất của ngành nghề
- to be up a treen
- (nghĩa bóng) gặp khó khăn lúng túng
- ngoại động từ
- bắt phải nấp trên cây, bắt phải trốn trên cây
- the dog treed the cat: con chó làm cho con mèo phải trốn lên trên cây
- cho nòng vào
- hãm vào vòng khó khăn lúng túng
- to be treed: gặp bước khó khăn, gặp bước đường cùng
- bắt phải nấp trên cây, bắt phải trốn trên cây
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
a tall plant that can live a long time. Trees have a thick central wooden stem (the TRUNK) from which branches grow, usually with leaves on them: an oak / an ash / a pine tree + to plant a tree + to chop / cut down a tree + They followed a path through the trees.
Compare: BUSH, SHRUB
See also -
Idioms see BARK v., FOREST, GROW, TOP n., WOOD
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
deciduous, evergreen | coniferous | native | exotic, tropical | ornamental | forest, woodland | big, great, high, huge, large, massive, mighty, tall | low, small, stunted | mature | bare, leafless | shady
We sat beneath a shady tree.
| shade
It was a small town of dust lanes and wide shade trees.
| hollow | gnarled
a gnarled old apple tree
| fruit | apple, peach, pear, etc. | beech, elm, oak, willow, etc. | Christmas
QUANT.
clump, copse, grove | avenue, belt, line
VERB + TREE
plant | climb | chop down, cut down, fell
Protesters formed a human blockade to stop loggers felling trees.
| uproot
The floods left a tide of mud and uprooted trees.
| prune
TREE + VERB
grow | stand
An enormous oak tree stands at the entrance to the school.
| line sth
Palm trees line the broad avenue.
| sway
Trees swayed gently in the breeze.
| be blown down, blow down | produce sth
The tree produces tiny white blossoms.
TREE + NOUN
bark, branch, leaves, root, stump, trunk | tops
(also
treetops
)
| canopy
dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy
| cover
Tree cover would prevent further soil erosion.
| felling, planting | species | line
(also
treeline)
Above the treeline take a grassy path leading steeply towards the summit.
| belt
The tree belt around the fields acts as a windbreak.
| growth | rings
The forest can be dated by studying tree rings.
| damage
tree damage caused by acid rain
| nursery
He bought tools and seeds with the aim of setting up a tree nursery.
| surgeon
PREP.
in a/the ~
a bird in a tree
| on a/the ~
fruit on a tree
| under a ~
We sat under a tree, in the shade.
| up a/the ~
The cat got stuck up a tree.
Concise English dictionary
trees|treed|treeingtrɪː
noun
+a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
+a figure that branches from a single root
+English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)
verb
+force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
+plant with trees
+chase an animal up a tree
+stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
