baobabs

baobabs

美 [ˈbeɪəˌbæb] 　英 [ˈbeɪəbæb]

• n.【植】猢狲面包树
• 网络猴面包树；猢狲树；巴欧巴

词形变化

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英汉解释

n.	1. 【植】猢狲面包树

英英解释

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.

靠近摩伦达瓦（Morondava）地区的猴面包树林荫大道，自2007年以来受到了保护。可是所有遗留下来的，是曾经为茂密的森林已清除为农田。

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

小王子还把剩下的最后几颗猴面包树苗全拔了。他有点忧伤。

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

随即他又做了一个聪明结论：「巴尔巴树还未长成大树之前，也不过是一株小树苗而已。」

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

他们总以为自己拥有很大的空间，并认为自己和巴尔巴巨树一样的重要。

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. . .

它的树根能把星球钻透，如果星球很小，而猴面包树很多，它就把整个星球搞得支离破碎。

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

你们也许要问，为什么这本书中别的画都没有这副画那么壮观呢？

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

我说：“孩子们，要当心那些猴面包树呀！”

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

温室中的景致包括球根状的南美树木，巨大的多汁植物，非洲猴面包树，以及由鲜红色和金色鲜花织成的巨大花毯。

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

这里，远古的猴面包树（头朝下的树）像哨兵一样守卫着这片神秘绝佳的土地。

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

猴面包树就是一个很好的例子。

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

可小王子又说道：“因此，它们也吃猴面包树罗？”

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

不错。可是为什么你想叫你的羊去吃小猴面包树呢？

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

金伯利同样是大量酒瓶树的产地，与非洲的猴面包树很相似。

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

而当我画猴面包树时，有一种急切的心情在激励着我。

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

但是有关巴尔巴巨树的话，就意味将酝酿成灾祸了。

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

猴面包树在长大之前，开始也是小小的。

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

就这样，第三天我就了解到关于猴面包树的悲剧。

Palm trees and baobabs are two types of trees.

棕榈树和猴面包树是两种类型的树木。

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

猴面包树生长可到达80英尺（24米）以上，它的果实和树皮是宝贵的。

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，一场大灾荒来了，不过人们是持猴面包树（非洲产的一种树）的叶子和果子躲过饥荒的”。

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

我对小王子说，猴面包树可不是小灌木，而是象教堂那么大的大树；