Yew

(noun.) any of numerous evergreen trees or shrubs having red cup-shaped berries and flattened needlelike leaves.

(noun.) wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows.

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• On each side stood a sable bush-holly or yew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I commented, as that spectre rose up black by the black yew at the gate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The English had a six-foot long bow made of yew or ash, in a single straight piece, that shot arrows the length of a man’s arm. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• He was small and bent, and perhaps not actively strong; yet he was as tough as an old yew-tree, and as crusty as an old jackdaw. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• I shall give orders that he may be sent to me in the Yew-tree Walk, where I shall be taking my usual exercise. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• I shall be in the Yew-tree Walk for the next half-hour, said Mr. Casaubon, and then he left her. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• At eleven o'clock next morning my friend and I were walking up the famous yew avenue of Holdernesse Hall. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• No, you never saw it; but you recognize the nature of these trees, this foliage--the cypress, the willow, the yew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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