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pollard
verb[ T ]
agriculture specializeduk /ˈpɒl.əd//ˈpɒl.ɑːd/ us /ˈpɑː.lɚd/
to cut the tops of trees back so that the tree then grows a small mass of branches close together: 截树梢
We have improved street lighting and pollarded the trees.我们改进了道路照明并截了树梢。
I hate the pollarded trees in London.
Even trees that do survive are often brutally pollarded.
The pollarded limes along the promenade look like irregular candelabra.
They paid for landscape improvements, such as restoring traditional stone walls, creating reedbeds and pollarding willows.
pollard
noun[ C ]
agriculture specializeduk /ˈpɒl.əd//ˈpɒl.ɑːd/ us /ˈpɑː.lɚd/
a tree cut back at the top so that the tree then grows a small mass of branches close together: 截梢树
Young trees have grown up between the pollards, competing for light, water and nutrients.幼小的树木在截梢树之间生长，争夺光照、水分和养分。
If kept as pollards, the willows will cause no damage to buildings.
Ivy grows on the tops of the elm pollards.
If the trees are pruned as hard as a pollard or coppiced to the ground every year, they produce vigorous new growth in late winter.
She said that she would gradually get intimately acquainted with all the hedges, gates, pools, and pollards of this part of the town.
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