• n. 楓樹；淡棕色
• n. (Maple)人名；(英)梅普爾；(法)馬普勒

縮寫自古英語mapultreow,楓樹，來自Proto-Germanic*maplo,節(jié)，結(jié)，trewo,樹，詞源同tree.可能因這種樹多枝節(jié)而得名。

maple (n.)

c. 1300, from Old English mapultreow "maple tree," also mapolder, mapuldre, related to Old Norse m?purr, Old Saxon mapulder, Middle Low German mapeldorn, from Proto-Germanic *maplo-. There also was a Proto-Germanic *matlo- (cognates: Old High German mazzaltra, German maszholder), but the connection and origins are mysterious. Formerly with adjectival form mapelin (early 15c.; Old English mapuldern). Maple syrup attested from 1824, American English. The maple leaf is mentioned as the emblem of Canada from 1850.

1. Early settlers built frames of spruce, maple and pine.

早期的定居者用云杉木、楓木和松木建造屋架。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It's made of maple.

它是槭木做的。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Maple syrup is made from sap extracted from the sugar maple tree.

槭糖漿是用糖槭樹中提取的樹液制成的。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. Maple sugar is made from the sap of maple trees.

楓糖是由楓樹的樹液制成的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. The house stood amid maple trees.

那房子坐落在楓樹林中.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》