Elm

(noun.) any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees.

(noun.) hard tough wood of an elm tree; used for e.g. implements and furniture.

校对:罗尼

• There were two guides given us to start with, an oak and an elm. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• There was no lingering among the old elm-trees now--no cheering anticipations of happiness yet in store. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• That must have been difficult, Holmes, when the elm was no longer there. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Caliphronas burst out laughing, and, putting his hands behind his head, leant back against the trunk of the elm. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• And the shadow of the elm must mean the farther end of the shadow, otherwise the trunk would have been chosen as the guide. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Then I took two lengths of a fishing-rod, which came to just six feet, and I went back with my client to where the elm had been. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Mrs. Bute at the parsonage nightly looked out to see if the sky was red over the elms behind which the Hall stood, and the mansion was on fire. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A bubbling spring prattles over stones on one side, and a plantation of a few elms and beeches, hardly deserve, and yet continue the name of wood. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mingled grass and corn grew in her plains, the unpruned vines threw their luxuriant branches around the elms. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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