Is the answer that, like a tall pine tree, the Japanese pagoda—with its massive trunk-like central pillar known as shinbashira—simply flexes and sways during a typhoon or earthquake?
答案会不会是这样：日本宝塔——由于有着一根叫做“塔心柱”的巨大树干状中心柱子——就像一棵高大的松树般，在一场台风或地震中仅仅只会来回摇摆和弯曲呢？
Socotran Fig Tree (Dorstenia gigas) with a bizare swollen trunk that almost has human proportions grows against a limestone rock face on the island of Socotra.
索科特拉无花果树倚靠着石灰岩、面向索科特拉岛生长，它那肿胀的树干跟人的身体比例几乎一样。
Somehow she felt that the blame for all the leafy misfortunes lay with the tree, the trunk with all its mighty limbs.
不知怎么地她觉得所有树叶不幸的责任要怪树，要怪长有巨大树枝的树干。
He went up to this tree and passed his hand over the bark of the trunk, as though seeking to recognize and count all the warts.
他走到那棵树下面，用手摸那树干的皮，好象他要认出并数清那些树瘤的数目。
But if you love the urban tree, as I do, the plane tree steels the show - the array of colours on its bark, the green of the leaf, the girth of the trunk, the hang of the branch.
如果你像我一样喜欢城市里的树木，你可以看到，树木上的陈列的颜色，葱郁的树叶，树干的线条，以及那些悬挂着的枝杈。
A squirrel, merrily leaping on the branches of an oak tree, accidentally missed its hold and fell upon a lion who lay at the trunk, basking in the shade.
一只松鼠在橡树上欢快地跳来跳去，一不小心从树上跌落下来，恰巧落在一头正在树荫下酣睡的狮王身上。
A Woodman was felling a tree on the bank of a river, when his axe, glancing off the trunk, flew out of his hands and fell into the water.
有一个樵夫在河边砍树，突然，他的斧子飞离了树干，从手中落入水里。
As I perceived her coming, I crept close to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree.
当我察觉它来了，我爬着靠近蛋，这样我就可以爬到这只鸟的一条腿前面，他的腿像树干一样粗大。
The other friends had different replies. One said an elephant is like a large leaf, another said it was like the trunk of a tree, and the last one said that the elephant is like an immense wall.
其他人也各持己见，一个说大象像一片大树叶，另一个说大象像树干，还有一个说大象像一堵墙。
Traditionally, biologists have celebrated the trunk, branch and twig system of a tree as no accident.
以往生物学家赞美树的干枝系统非常完美。
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fourth Edition) [W3C Recommendation] is, of course, the trunk of the sprawling XML technology tree.
可扩展标记语言(XML) 1.0(第4版)[w3c推荐标准]当然是衍生出XML技术大树的主干。
A Bibrons gecko emerges from behind a fallen tree trunk to take advantage of the first rains of the season.
一只Bibrons壁虎利用本季节第一场雨的优势，从倒下的树干后冒出来。
It might be one slightly different tree trunk, a path winding through, or a splash of color on a flowering vine.
一个有点特别的树干、一条曲折的小径、或者一个花藤上五彩斑斓的颜色都是很好的拍摄主体。
As with the floor, I left a gap around the tree trunk to allow for growth, as well as movement in strong winds.
我在环绕树干的地板上留下一条缝隙，让树木能够生长，也能随着强风摇摆。
In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk.
尽管有上述种种说法，但游客们还是照常摘树叶和把他们的名字刻在树干上。
Then he would try to find us before we dashed back to the safety of the "base" usually the trunk of a massive tree.
藏好后“猫”的任务就是在大家跑回“安全基地”前找到他们，所谓“安全基地”通常是一棵大树之类。
At this moment, the Goddess became a tree with red trunk, green leaves and golden olives. Everyone felt its peace and love.
这时候正义女神变成了一棵树，这棵树有着红褐色的树干，苍翠的绿叶以及金色的橄榄，任何人看了都感受到爱与和平。
Annabel and Julia climbed on the tree and rested on a branch while Trevor and Lionel sat on the ground, leaning on the trunk.
安娜·贝利和茱莉亚爬上树，找了个树枝休息，而特雷福和莱昂内尔则坐在地上，靠着树干。
So the boy cut the tree trunk to make a boat. He went sailing and never showed up for a very long long time.
你能给我一艘船么”“用我的树干造船吧，你可以去远方，好好娱乐下”男孩砍到树干造了船，男孩去航海了，很久没有露面过。
Two fingerlike parts on the tip of the trunk allow the elephant to perform delicate maneuvers such as picking a berry from the ground or plucking a single leaf off a tree.
象鼻末端两个指状的部分让大象可以做精细的动作，像从地上捡起一枚浆果，或者是从树上采摘一片叶子。
These rocks are not the giants of Huangshan, but more tree trunk-like formations of various shapes.
这些岩石不像黄山的巨石，而是呈现出树干的构造，形状各异。
In ancient times, yoga was often referred to as a tree, a living entity with roots, a trunk, branches, blossoms, and fruit.
在远古时代，瑜伽被比喻做一棵树，有根基，躯干，枝桠，花蕾，还有果实。
But Hardy did not finish the job, and now we are treated to the incredible sight of the tree trunk now seeming to wrap around and consume the stones.
在哈代还没有完成的时候，就可以看到这些墓碑难以置信的将树干围绕，隐藏了起来。
But Hardy did not finish the job, and now we are treated to the incredible sight of the tree trunk now seeming to wrap around and consume the stones.
在哈代还没有完成的时候，就可以看到这些墓碑难以置信的将树干围绕，隐藏了起来。
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