TREE

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Traducere în limba română

tree I. substantiv

1. pom, copac, arbore; arbust; tufă;

rose-tree tufă de trandafiri;

(fam.) to be up a tree a fi în pom, a fi într-o situaţie dificilă, a fi la ananghie / strâmtoare / aman;

(bibl.) the tree of knowledge of good and evil pomul cunoştinţei binelui şi răului;

(fig.) at the top of the tree a fi la apogeul carierei (sale), a atinge o culme.

2. (fig.) arbora genealogic.

3. (tehn.) arbore; tijă.

4. stativ de lemn.

5. (fig.) arborescenţă, ramificaţie.

6. pom de Crăciun.

7. (înv.) cruce.

8. (înv.) spânzurătoare.

tree II. verb tranzitiv

1. a urmări în pom (veveriţa etc.).

2. (fam.) a încolţi (pe cineva); a aduce într-o situaţie dificilă; a nu da pace (cuiva).

3. a pune (ghete etc.) pe calapod.

4. a înzestra / a prevedea cu pomi.

I was still cold when under one of the trees I found a huge cloak, with which I covered myself, and sat down upon the ground.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Then the dogs howled, away beyond the dark trees in His house.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

"No, she didn't eat him. . . . He's roostin' in a tree at the last camp."

(White Fang, de Jack London)

The tree is ten times bigger, which is what one would expect.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But what is this among the trees?

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then said Lina: “Do you become a rose-tree, and I the rose upon it.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

And the Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

They climbed a slight hill and came out into an open space among the trees.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

These swung back and forth with every roll of the vessel, giving rise to a brushing sound, as of trees against a roof or wall.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

Hal was hurled backward, as though struck by a falling tree.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)