baobabs

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• n.【植】猢猻面包樹(shù)
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)猴面包樹(shù)；猢猻樹(shù)；巴歐巴

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：baobabs  

英漢解釋

n.	1. 【植】猢猻面包樹(shù)

英英解釋

n.	1. a tree with a short thick trunk that produces fruit you can eatBaobabs grow in Africa and Australia and live for a very long time.

例句

Avenue of the Baobabs an area near Morondava protected since 2007 is all that remains of a once thick forest cleared for farmland.

靠近摩倫達(dá)瓦（Morondava）地區(qū)的猴面包樹(shù)林蔭大道，自2007年以來(lái)受到了保護(hù)。可是所有遺留下來(lái)的，是曾經(jīng)為茂密的森林已清除為農(nóng)田。

The little prince also pulled up, with a certain sense of dejection, the last little shoots of the baobabs.

小王子還把剩下的最后幾顆猴面包樹(shù)苗全拔了。他有點(diǎn)憂傷。

But he made a wise comment: "Before they grow so big, the baobabs start out by being little. "

隨即他又做了一個(gè)聰明結(jié)論：「巴爾巴樹(shù)還未長(zhǎng)成大樹(shù)之前，也不過(guò)是一株小樹(shù)苗而已。」

They imagine that they fill a great deal of space. They fancy themselves as important as the baobabs .

他們總以為自己擁有很大的空間，并認(rèn)為自己和巴爾巴巨樹(shù)一樣的重要。

It bores clear through it with its roots. And if the planet is too small, and the baobabs are too many, they split it in pieces. . .

它的樹(shù)根能把星球鉆透，如果星球很小，而猴面包樹(shù)很多，它就把整個(gè)星球搞得支離破碎。

Perhaps you will ask me, "Why are there no other drawing in this book as magnificent and impressive as this drawing of the baobabs? "

你們也許要問(wèn)，為什么這本書(shū)中別的畫(huà)都沒(méi)有這副畫(huà)那么壯觀呢？

"Children, " I say plainly, "watch out for the baobabs ! "

我說(shuō)：“孩子們，要當(dāng)心那些猴面包樹(shù)呀！”

Its landscape embraces bulbous South American trees, huge succulents, African baobabs and vast fiery carpets of red and gold flowers.

溫室中的景致包括球根狀的南美樹(shù)木，巨大的多汁植物，非洲猴面包樹(shù)，以及由鮮紅色和金色鮮花織成的巨大花毯。

Here, ancient baobabs ( "upside-down trees" ) stand sentinel over mystical and outlandish landscapes.

這里，遠(yuǎn)古的猴面包樹(shù)（頭朝下的樹(shù)）像哨兵一樣守衛(wèi)著這片神秘絕佳的土地。

And the Baobabs in particular are a great example of this.

猴面包樹(shù)就是一個(gè)很好的例子。

But the little prince added: "Then it follows that they also eat baobabs? "

可小王子又說(shuō)道：“因此，它們也吃猴面包樹(shù)羅？”

"That is strictly correct, " I said. "But why do you want the sheep to eat the little baobabs ? "

不錯(cuò)。可是為什么你想叫你的羊去吃小猴面包樹(shù)呢？

The Kimberley is also home to the massive boab tree, close relative of the African baobabs.

金伯利同樣是大量酒瓶樹(shù)的產(chǎn)地，與非洲的猴面包樹(shù)很相似。

When I made the drawing of the baobabs I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.

而當(dāng)我畫(huà)猴面包樹(shù)時(shí)，有一種急切的心情在激勵(lì)著我。

But when it is a matter of baobabs , that always means a catastrophe.

但是有關(guān)巴爾巴巨樹(shù)的話，就意味將醞釀成災(zāi)禍了。

Before they grow so big, the baobabs start out by being little.

猴面包樹(shù)在長(zhǎng)大之前，開(kāi)始也是小小的。

It was in this way that I heard, on the third day, about the catastrophe of the baobabs.

就這樣，第三天我就了解到關(guān)于猴面包樹(shù)的悲劇。

Palm trees and baobabs are two types of trees.

棕櫚樹(shù)和猴面包樹(shù)是兩種類(lèi)型的樹(shù)木。

Growing 80 feet (24 meters) or more baobabs are valued for fruit and bark.

猴面包樹(shù)生長(zhǎng)可到達(dá)80英尺（24米）以上，它的果實(shí)和樹(shù)皮是寶貴的。

Over 20 years ago, a big famine came but people escaped starvation by eating baobabs leaves and fruit, " he says. "

“20多年以前，一場(chǎng)大災(zāi)荒來(lái)了，不過(guò)人們是持猴面包樹(shù)（非洲產(chǎn)的一種樹(shù)）的葉子和果子躲過(guò)饑荒的”。

pointed out to the little prince that baobabs were not little bushes, but, on the contrary, trees as big as castles;

我對(duì)小王子說(shuō)，猴面包樹(shù)可不是小灌木，而是象教堂那么大的大樹(shù)；