eucalypt

eucalypt — 名詞

1. a tall tree that grows mainly in Australia and nearby islands, with narrow leave

1.名詞B1
釋義

桉樹

原產澳洲的喬木，葉片含芳香油

a tall tree that grows mainly in Australia and nearby islands, with narrow leaves that produce a strong-smelling oil used in medicine and cleaning products.

例句

The eucalypt in our backyard grew very tall in just a few years.

我們後院的那棵桉樹短短幾年就長得很高了。

countable noun with determiner

Min could smell the eucalypt trees as soon as she stepped off the plane in Sydney.

Min 一踏上雪梨的土地，就聞到了桉樹的氣味。

eucalypt trees as a noun phrase

同義詞
  • eucalyptus

    much more common in everyday use; can also refer to the oil

  • gum tree

    informal name used mainly in Australia and New Zealand

文法句型

a eucalypt

eucalypts (plural)

用法筆記

Eucalypt is less common than eucalyptus in everyday speech. Both words refer to the same tree, but eucalyptus is also the name of the oil, while eucalypt is used only for the tree.

常見錯誤

❌I bought eucalypt oil at the pharmacy.
✅I bought eucalyptus oil at the pharmacy.
💡The oil is called eucalyptus oil, not eucalypt oil.
❌The forest was full of eucalyptuses.
✅The forest was full of eucalypts.
💡The correct plural of eucalypt is eucalypts, not eucalyptuses.