arboreal

a. 树的, 栖于树木的 [医] 树的, 树上生活的

发音

US /ɑɹˈbɔɹi.əl/
其它
UK /ɑːˈbɔːɹɪ.əl/

词形变化

arboreals 复数 arboreals

别名

aboreal arborean

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any tree-dwelling creature.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, relating to, or resembling a tree.

    1650, Walter Charleton (translator), “Of the Magnetick Cure of Wounds” in A Ternary of Paradoxes, by Jan Baptist van Helmont, London: William Lee, p. 72, High and sacred, in good troth, is the power of the microcosmical spirit, which without any arboreal trunck produceth a true Cherry:

  2. 2.

    Living in or among trees.

  3. 3.

    Covered or filled with trees.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

arboreous arborary arborescent arboresque arborical arboriform arborous dendriform dendroid dendroidal

反义词 1

nonarboreal

近义相关 1

branchy

相关短语

Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizard Monte Cristo arboreal alligator lizards

词源

From Latin arboreus (“tree-like”) + -al, mid-17th century.

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