sequoia

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sequoia — 名詞

  • sequoiasingular
  • sequoiasplural

1. a huge redwood from California that stays green throughout the year and can grow

1.名詞C2
釋義

紅杉

產於加州、可長得極高的常綠大樹

a huge redwood from California that stays green throughout the year and can grow taller than a thirty-storey building.

例句

Theo stopped the car to photograph the giant sequoia beside the road.

Theo 停下車，好拍下路邊那棵巨大的紅杉。

collocation: giant sequoia

Visitors looked up as the sequoias rose above the misty valley trail.

遊客抬頭望去，只見紅杉高高聳立在起霧的山谷步道上方。

plural: sequoias in a grove or forest

同義詞
  • redwood

    broader everyday label that can also mean the related coast redwood, not always this exact tree

  • conifer

    much broader scientific group that includes pines, firs, and many other cone-bearing trees

文法句型

a sequoia

grove of sequoias

用法筆記

Usually countable. It often appears with words about size or protected landscapes, such as giant sequoia, ancient sequoia, or sequoia grove, and many speakers strongly associate it with California.

常見錯誤

❌There was sequoia beside the path.
✅There was a sequoia beside the path.
💡when you mean one tree, use an article before the noun.