elm: [OE] The tree-name elm is widely distributed throughout the Indo-European languages of Europe. Latin had ulmus, for instance (source of German ulme and Dutch olm) and Irish has leamh. Of the Germanic languages (those whose native forms have not been supplanted by Latin ulmus) Swedish and Norwegian have alm beside English elm.
elm (n.)
Old English elm, from Proto-Germanic *elmaz (cognates: Danish elm, Old Norse almr, Old High German elme), perhaps from PIE root *el- (2) "red, brown" (see elk); cognate with Latin ulmus, Old Irish lem. German Ulme, Dutch olm are from or influenced by the Latin word. The toughest native European wood, used for ship-building, wheel-naves, etc. Middle English had adjective forms elmen, elmin, which survived longer in poetry. New Haven was informally the Elm City (1871).
实用例句
1. It was a good table too, sturdily constructed of elm.
这也是张很不错的桌子，榆木的，很结实。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I made my home there, in the hollow of a dying elm.
我在一棵快要枯死的榆树的树洞里安了家。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Water pipes used to be made out of elm.
水管过去是用榆木做的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. But there's the old community center on Elm Street.
但是在Elm街有一个旧的社区中心.
来自辞典例句
5. ELM shall maintain all introduced accounts on a fully disclosed basis.
