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pollard sth
pollard 作动词时是及物动词，宾语是树木。
Gardeners pollard the street trees to keep them from growing too tall.
园林工人截去行道树的树梢，防止它们长得太高。
截头树；截梢树
pollards — plural of pollard
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
截头树；截梢树
a tree whose top branches have been cut back to promote bushy dense foliage growth
Gardeners pollard the street trees to keep them from growing too tall.
园林工人截去行道树的树梢，防止它们长得太高。
截枝树；此类树的木材
A pruned tree; the wood of such trees.
已脱角的雄鹿
A buck deer that has shed its antlers.
无角的家畜品种,如牛或山羊
A hornless variety of domestic animal, such as cattle or goats.
In the old park, a huge pollard stands by the lake, its branches cut back to keep it from growing too tall.
在老公园里，一棵巨大的截头树矗立在湖边，它的枝条被截短以防止长得太高。
After the storm, the damaged pollards along the avenue were checked for split trunks.
暴风雨过后，人们检查了林荫道两旁受损的截头树，看树干是否劈裂。
The village's oldest pollard is an oak, and its broad top provides a home for many birds.
村里最古老的截头树是一棵橡树，它宽阔的树顶为许多鸟儿提供了家园。
pollard 作动词时是及物动词，宾语是树木。
Gardeners pollard the street trees to keep them from growing too tall.
园林工人截去行道树的树梢，防止它们长得太高。
被动语态中，如需说明动作执行者，可用 by 短语。
The old apple trees are pollarded every autumn.
这些老苹果树每年秋天都被截梢。
pollard 作名词时是可数名词，可指截头树，也可指无角的动物。
A pollard may look bare in winter but becomes leafy in summer.
截头树在冬天可能光秃秃的，但夏天会长满叶子。
Not this
The pollard of the old trees should be done in late winter.
Use this
Pollarding the old trees should be done in late winter.
pollard作名词时指截梢的树或无角动物，不表示“截梢”这个动作；表示动作要用动词pollard的动名词pollarding，因此不能用“the pollard of”作主语。
Not this
The farmer pollarded the cow's horns.
Use this
The farmer removed the cow's horns.
pollard作动词时只表示“截去树梢”，宾语是树；用于动物去角不能用pollard，应改用remove（或dehorn）。“pollard”作名词虽可指去角动物，但动词无此用法。
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给树截梢
We pollard the maple every few years to keep it compact.
我们每隔几年给这棵枫树截梢，让它保持低矮。
截梢柳树
A row of pollard willows grows along the ditch.
沟边长着一排截梢柳树。
截梢橡树
The pollarded oak in the village green is hundreds of years old.
村公地上的那棵截梢橡树已有几百年历史。
截头树
A pollard tree can live a long time if it is cut back regularly.
截头树如果定期截梢，可以活很长时间。
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联想 poll（人头）+ ard：树梢被截平像剃了头，动物被去角也光秃，都成了“秃”的。
语域：formal 常见场景：园艺、林业、树木养护 pollard 作名词时指被截去树梢的树，多用于园艺、林业等专业书面语境，正式说明或技术描述中比较常见，日常口语中较少使用。
发音提示：pollard /ˈpɒləd/ 与 collard /ˈkɒləd/、bollard /ˈbɒləd/ 押韵：重读元音均为 /ɒ/，随后是 /l/，结尾为 /əd/。注意 mallard /ˈmæləd/ 和 leopard /ˈlepəd/ 拼写近似，但重读元音不同（/æ/、/e/），不押韵。
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