mesquite

noun

1. 牧豆树（产于北美，常用以制烧烤用的木炭）
   a N American tree, often used for making charcoal for grilling food
   1. mesquite-grilled chicken
      牧豆树炭烤鸡

1. By the time I tried to follow her, Becky had already disappeared into the mesquite.
   还来不及跟上她呢，贝基就已经消失在豆科灌木丛中了。
2. The mesquite common on North American deserts in both tree and shrub forms, does not begin to grow above ground until its root system is completely developed, ensuring the plant a supply of moisture.
   牧豆树属植物不论是乔木和灌木，在北美沙漠中常常可见，在它根部系统完全生长发达到能保证提供充足的水分时才长出地面。
3. He said he was gonna go live with his parents up in mesquite.
   他说要回麦斯基德和父母一起住。
4. Obtained from mesquite pods; resembles gum arabic.
   从牧豆中提取，类似阿拉伯树胶。
5. He used his bowie knife and chopped down his father's favourite mesquite tree.
   他用他的鲍伊猎刀砍倒了他父亲心爱的牧豆树。
6. Study on the Early occurrences and Age-compositions of the Overwintered mesquite, Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles
   三带喙库蚊越冬后发生规律及其生理年龄组成的研究
7. Mesquite of Gulf Coast and Caribbean islands from Mexico to Venezuela.
   分布在墨西哥到委内瑞拉海湾沿岸到加勒比海岛屿的一种豆科灌木。
8. In some of the grainy pictures, scrubby and deserted patches of creosote and mesquite sway in a gentle wind;
   透过这些镜头，可以看到低矮荒芜的斑状杂酚油和豆科灌木在风中摇摆；
9. The military convoy breaks a chain to open the gate, shoos cows from its path and circles the property on bumpy dirt road lined by mesquite trees.
   军队的车冲破了一道链子打开大门，把母牛从路上嘘走，并包围了位于两侧种满牧豆树的崎岖土路上的房屋。

noun

1. any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar

   Synonym:    mesquit