Christmas trees

基本解釋

A spokesman said: “Many households now display two or more Christmas trees in different rooms of the home and even outdoors.
一位發(fā)言人說：“如今許多家庭會在家里不同的房間里、甚至是屋外擺放兩棵或更多的圣誕樹。
A shortage of Christmas trees in Denmark, Europe's largest exporter, is driving up prices in a trend likely to last until 2012, producers said on Monday.
圣誕樹生產商聯(lián)盟于本周一稱，由于歐洲最大的圣誕樹出口國丹麥目前出現(xiàn)貨源短缺，所以拉動了圣誕樹價格的上漲，這一走勢可能將持續(xù)至2012年。
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What is the state doing selling Christmas trees?
國家出售這些圣誕樹有什么用呢？

Wayne Bronner says demand for small objects to hang on Christmas trees has expanded over the years.
Once you get that, once you get the value, "Christmas tree," as opposed to "red lights," "red lights" being perhaps a part of some Christmas trees, then you see that you're back in a semiotic system and a very obvious one, because a Christmas tree is a not-menorah, not-Kwanzaa candles.
一旦認識到這點，紅燈，指的其實是圣誕樹“,紅燈是圣誕樹的一部分，那么你會發(fā)現(xiàn)你回到了符號學的解釋中，圣誕樹不用于猶太教或者非洲人的節(jié)日。
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because they have one of the biggest Christmas trees there, and it's just beautiful and
因為那兒有一棵最大的圣誕樹，它很漂亮，
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The first artificial Christmas trees were made in Germany using goose feathers that were dyed green.
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A Christmas tree is a fir tree, or an artificial tree that looks like a fir tree, which people put in their houses at Christmas and decorate with coloured lights and ornaments.