fir

/fɜː(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /fɜːr/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈfər/ (ame, mw)

fir — noun

  • firsingular
  • firsplural

1. a tall tree with thin pointed leaves shaped like needles, which it keeps all yea

1.名詞B2
釋義

a tall tree with thin pointed leaves shaped like needles, which it keeps all year round, and that often grows in cold mountain areas of the north.

例句

Tall fir trees lined the path up to Henrik's cabin in the Norwegian mountains.

noun phrase: fir trees as a forest setting

Gabriela hung small white lights on the young fir in her front garden every December.

countable: a young fir (singular tree)

同義詞
  • pine

    a related evergreen with longer needles grouped in small bundles; informally many speakers confuse the two

  • spruce

    another related evergreen with sharper, four-sided needles, often used for Christmas trees

  • conifer

    the wider category of cone-bearing evergreen trees that includes firs

反義詞
  • deciduous tree

    a tree that loses its leaves each autumn, the opposite class to a fir

文法句型

a fir

fir tree

fir forest

用法筆記

Often appears in the compound noun 'fir tree' even when 'fir' alone is sufficient; the longer form is more common in everyday speech and children's stories.

常見錯誤

❌A fir loses its leaves in autumn.
✅A fir keeps its leaves all year.
💡firs are evergreen; they do not drop their needles each autumn like oaks or maples.

2. the soft, pale-coloured timber cut from this kind of tree, often used for cheap

2.名詞C1
釋義

the soft, pale-coloured timber cut from this kind of tree, often used for cheap furniture, simple buildings, and floors.

例句

The old farmhouse floor was made of wide planks of pale fir.

uncountable: made of fir

Hugo built the bookshelves out of cheap fir from the local timber yard.

collocation: built out of fir

同義詞
  • softwood

    the broader timber category that fir belongs to; covers pine and spruce as well

  • pine

    a similar pale softwood, often substituted for fir in cheap furniture and used loosely as a synonym

反義詞
  • hardwood

    denser timber from broad-leaved trees such as oak or beech, the opposite class to fir

文法句型

made of fir

fir flooring

fir planks

用法筆記

Uncountable in this sense — never use a plural or an indefinite article. Distinguish from sense 1 (the tree itself) by the surrounding context of building, furniture, or timber rather than forests or branches.

常見錯誤

❌He bought two firs to make a table.
✅He bought some fir to make a table.
💡as a material, fir is uncountable, like wood or timber.