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sylvan 音标拼音: [s'ɪlvən] a. 森林的;森林中的;树木的 森林的;森林中的;树木的 sylvan adj 1: relating to or characteristic of wooded regions; " a shady sylvan glade" [ synonym: { sylvan}, { silvan}] n 1: a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods [ synonym: { sylvan}, { silvan}] Silvan \ Sil" van\, a. [ L. silva, less correctly sylva, a wood or grove, perh. akin to Gr. " y` lh; cf. L. Silvanus Silvanus the god of woods: cf. F. sylvain silvan. Cf. { Savage}.] Of or pertaining to woods; composed of woods or groves; woody. [ Written also { sylvan}.] [ 1913 Webster] Betwixt two rows of rocks, a silvan scene Appears above, and groves forever green. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Sylvan \ Syl" van\, n. [ Sylva furfuran.] ( Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained together with furfuran ( tetrol) by the distillation of pine wood; -- called also { methyl tetrol}, or { methyl furfuran}. [ 1913 Webster]
Sylvan \ Syl" van\, a. [ See { Silvan}, a.] 1. Of or pertaining to a sylva; forestlike; hence, rural; rustic. [ 1913 Webster] The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region . . . is usually exact as well as tenacious. -- De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Abounding in forests or in trees; woody. [ 1913 Webster]
Sylvan \ Syl" van\, n. [ L. Sylvanus, better Silvanus. See { Silvan}, a.] A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun; sometimes, a rustic. [ 1913 Webster] Her private orchards, walled on every side, To lawless sylvans all access denied. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 32 Moby Thesaurus words for " sylvan": afforestational, arboreous, back, back of beyond, back- country, backwood, backwoods, backwoodsy, bosky, braky, bushy, copsy, dendrologic, forest, forestal, forested, hinterland, outback, reforestational, scrubby, shrubby, silvicultural, timbered, up- country, virgin, waste, wild, wilderness, wooded, woodland, woodsy, woody
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