"the lime tree," 1570s, noun use of an adjective, "of linden wood," from Old English lind "linden" (n.), from Proto-Germanic *lindjo (cognates: Old Saxon linda, Old Norse lind, Old High German linta, German linde), probably from PIE *lent-o- "flexible" (see lithe); with reference to the tree's pliant bast. Compare Russian lut?ijó "forest of lime trees," Polish ??t "switch, twig," Lithuanian lenta "board, plank."
雙語例句
1. I love your house on Linden Street.
我喜歡你們家在Linden街的房子.
來自辭典例句
2. Can you tell me how to get to Linden Street, in Riverdale?
你能告訴我怎么去Riverdale的林登街 嗎 ?
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3. This was what Linden had hitherto shrunk from doing, but the situation was desperate.
這是林登一直不愿做的事, 可現在情況已經到了山窮水盡的地步.
來自辭典例句
4. We'll eat our supper behind the mulberry hedge, under them linden trees.
吃我們,我們將落后于桑對沖晚飯, 根據這些椴樹.
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5. Sieben Linden, a self - proclaimed eco - village , is growing fast, unlike the surrounding towns.