查询词典 espaliers

To the left there was a broad gravelled walk, down which, years ago, when the place had been a convent, the quiet nuns had walked hand in hand; a wall bordered with espaliers, and shadowed on one side by goodly oaks, which shut out the flat landscape, and circled in the house and gardens with a darkening shelter.

左边儿是一道宽阔的砾石路，多年以前，这儿是个修道院时，文静的修女曾经手挽着手在这路上散步；路旁是一道花木攀缘着的墙垣，一边儿由挺秀的栎树遮蔽着，那些株树挡住了平坦的风景，并且围绕着房屋和园林，形成了一圈阴沉沉的树荫。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。