3PHRASE [usually cont]走错路线;搞错方向;想法不对路 If you say that someone is barking up the wrong tree, you mean that they are following the wrong course of action because their beliefs or ideas about something are incorrect. 走错路线;搞错方向;想法不对路 [informal]
Scientists in Switzerland realised that most other researchers had been barking up the wrong tree.
瑞士科学家意识到其他研究者大多研究方向不对头。
4PHRASE 只见树木,不见森林;只重细节,不顾整体 If someone can't see the wood for the trees in British English, or can't see the forest for the trees in American English, they are very involved in the details of something and so they do not notice what is important about the thing as a whole. 只见树木,不见森林;只重细节,不顾整体
I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a treeJoyce KilmerTrees
Of all the trees that grow so fair, Old England to adorn, Greater are none beneath the Sun, Than Oak, and Ash, and ThornRudyard KiplingPuck of Pook's Hill
ADJECTIVE | ... OF TREES | VERB + TREE | TREE + VERB | TREE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deciduous, evergreen落葉樹;常綠樹▸➤coniferous針葉樹▸➤native土生樹▸➤exotic, tropical外來樹;熱帶樹▸➤ornamental裝飾性的樹▸➤forest, woodland (especially BrE) 林木▸➤big, giant, great, high, huge, large, massive, mighty, tall大樹;高大的樹;巨樹▸➤low, small, stunted矮樹;小樹;生長不良的樹▸➤mature長成的樹▸➤old, young老樹;幼樹▸➤bare, leafless光禿禿的樹▸➤shady成蔭的樹◇We sat beneath a shady tree.我們坐在一棵成蔭的樹下。➤shade遮陽樹◇It was a small town of dust lanes and wide shade trees.這個小鎮道路上滿是塵土,遮陽樹稀稀拉拉。➤hollow中空樹▸➤gnarled多瘤節的樹◇a gnarled old apple tree多瘤節的老蘋果樹➤fallen倒下的樹◇A fallen tree was blocking the road.一棵倒下的樹擋住了路。➤dead死樹▸➤fruit果樹▸➤apple, cherry, maple, peach, pear, etc.蘋果樹、櫻桃樹、槭樹、桃樹、梨樹等▸➤beech, oak, palm, pine, willow, etc.山毛櫸樹、櫟樹、棕櫚樹、松樹、柳樹等▸➤Christmas聖誕樹... OF TREES➤clump, copse, grove一叢樹;一處矮林;一個小樹林▸➤avenue, belt, line一排林蔭樹;一片林帶;一排樹VERB + TREE➤grow, plant種樹;植樹▸➤climb爬樹▸➤chop down, cut down, fell砍倒樹;伐木◇Protesters formed a human blockade to stop loggers felling trees.抗議者組成人牆阻止伐木者伐木。➤uproot將樹連根拔起◇The floods left a tide of mud and uprooted trees.洪水過後,留下了一地污泥和連根拔起的樹。➤prune修剪樹▸➤be shaded by有樹蔭遮陽TREE + VERB➤grow樹生長▸➤stand樹挺立◇An enormous oak tree stands at the entrance to the school.學校門口長着一棵碩大的櫟樹。➤line sth, surround sth樹沿⋯排成行;樹環繞⋯◇Palm trees line the broad avenue.寬闊的道路兩旁種着棕櫚樹。➤sway樹搖擺◇Trees swayed gently in the breeze.樹在微風中輕輕搖曳。➤be blown down, blow down, fall樹被吹倒▸➤bear sth, produce sth樹上結出⋯/長出⋯◇The tree produces tiny white blossoms.這棵樹開白色的小花。➤provide sth樹提供⋯TREE + NOUN➤bark, branch, leaves, limb, root, stump, trunk樹皮;樹枝;樹葉;樹的主枝;樹根;樹樁;樹幹▸➤tops (usually treetops)樹梢▸➤canopy樹冠◇dappled shafts of light which struggled through the tree canopy穿過樹冠的斑駁光影➤cover林木植被◇Tree cover would prevent further soil erosion.林木植被能防止進一步的水土流失。➤felling, planting伐樹;植樹➤trimmer樹木修剪器▸➤species樹的種類▸➤line (usually treeline)林木線◇Above the treeline, take a grassy path leading steeply to the summit.過了林木線之後沿着一條長滿青草的陡峭小道直達峰頂。➤belt樹帶◇The tree belt around the fields acts as a windbreak.田地周圍的林帶起着擋風牆的作用。➤growth樹的生長▸➤rings樹的年輪◇The forest can be dated by studying tree rings.通過觀察樹的年輪可以推測森林形成的年代。➤damage對樹的損傷◇tree damage caused by acid rain酸雨對樹的傷害➤nursery苗圃◇He bought tools and seeds with the aim of setting up a tree nursery.他買了工具和種子想要建一個苗圃。➤surgeon樹木修補專家➤hugger (usually tree-hugger)(= sb who is anxious to protect the environment) (disapproving, humorous) “抱樹人”;激進的環保主義者PREPOSITION➤in a/the tree在樹上◇a bird in a tree樹上的鳥➤on a/the tree樹上的◇fruit on a tree樹上的果實➤under a tree在樹下◇We sat under a tree, in the shade.我們坐在樹下的陰涼處。➤up a/the tree在樹上◇The cat got stuck up a tree.貓被困在樹上了。