pollard
verb /ˈpɒləd/, /ˈpɒlɑːd/
/ˈpɑːlərd/
[usually passive] (specialist)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they pollard | /ˈpɒləd/, /ˈpɒlɑːd/ /ˈpɑːlərd/ |
| he / she / it pollards | /ˈpɒlədz/, /ˈpɒlɑːdz/ /ˈpɑːlərdz/ |
| past simple pollarded | /ˈpɒlədɪd/, /ˈpɒlɑːdɪd/ /ˈpɑːlərdɪd/ |
| past participle pollarded | /ˈpɒlədɪd/, /ˈpɒlɑːdɪd/ /ˈpɑːlərdɪd/ |
| -ing form pollarding | /ˈpɒlədɪŋ/, /ˈpɒlɑːdɪŋ/ /ˈpɑːlərdɪŋ/ |
- pollard something to cut off the branches at the top of a tree so that the lower branches will grow more thickly
给（树木）去顶；截梢 词源early 17th cent.: from the verb poll + -ard.