The twig told it to the branch, and the branch told it to the tree.

小枝条把这话告诉了树枝，树枝又告诉了大树。

There, specialists use a technique called micropropagation to grow them into saplings.

在那里，专家们使用一种叫作微繁殖的技术，将这些枝条培育成树苗。

And that little seed will start to germinate from there, sending its shoots upward to the sky and its roots all the way down to the ground, all the while strangling the host tree, often to death.

那颗小种子就会从那里开始发芽，把它的枝条伸向天空，它的根一直扎入泥土中，直到把宿主树勒住，常常是勒死。

New plants will grow from these cuttings.

这些枝条会长出新的植物。

They are looking at vine cuttings that are close to 100 years old.

他们正在研究树龄近100的葡萄枝条。

The tree moved one of its branches that was full of fruit.

树动了动枝条，那个枝条上满是果实。

The dead staff blossomed, and bare lilies that were whiter than pearls.

干枯的枝条怒放出鲜花，那是比珍珠还要洁白的百花。

Our part-Indian guide had cleared the path to the lake the day before; when we walked the path we saw where he had impaled the lopped head of a boa, open-mouthed, on a pointed stick by the canoes, for decoration.

有着一半印第安血统的向导前一天已经辟出了通往湖泊的小路，我们在小路上行走时，看见他砍作为装饰的蟒蛇头，张开大口，钉在独木舟边尖头枝条上。

The cold breath of autumn had stricken its leaves from the vine until its skeleton branches clung, almost bare, to the crumbling bricks.

秋天的寒风把藤上的叶子差不多全都吹掉了，几乎只有光秃的枝条还缠附在剥落的砖块上。

Harry saw that she looked much the worse for wear; her hair was full of twigs and leaves, her robes were ripped in several places and there were numerous scratches on her face and arms.

哈利看到她显得衣衫凌乱，头发里满是小枝条和树叶，长袍被扯破了几个地方，脸上和胳膊上有许多划痕。

Normally you're in this outside well-ventilated space and on a windy day, it's probably not going to be an issue until you put the cuttings into the boot of your car to take to the tip.

一般，你都是在室外通风良好的地方，在有风的日子里，直到你把扦插的枝条放进汽车后备箱运到垃圾场之前，可能都不会有什么问题。

The classroom floor had become springily mossy and trees were growing out of it; their leafy branches fanned across the ceiling and windows, so that the room was full of slanting shafts of soft, dappled, green light.

教室的地板变成了满地绵软的苔藓，树木就是从它面长出来的；它们的枝条长满繁茂的树叶，成扇形从天花板和窗户上横贯而过，于是一束束柔和、斑驳的绿色光线倾泻在整间屋子里。

If you want to grow the plants inside to make your home look good, you can cut unwanted branches from the plant as it grows and make it look like a small tree.

如果你想在室内种植这些植物，为的是让你的家看起来更漂亮，你可以在植物生长的过程中把多余的枝条剪掉，让它看起来像一棵小树。

Moss doesn't leap at you, it doesn't arrest you like a pine's needles or an oak's arms; even when it appears marvellous, it doesn't sustain your interest long enough to observe its minutiae.

苔藓不会扑向你，它不会像松针或橡树的枝条那样吸引你；即使它看上去很奇妙，它也无法吸引你足够长的时间去观察它的细节。

The twig flew up from the gruond, spun through the air as if caught by a gust of wind, then zoomed directly at the trunk through the Willow's ominously swaying branches.

树枝一子从地上飞了起来，像被风吹着一样在空中旋转着，然后嗖地穿过打人柳的那些凶险的枝条，直朝树干冲去。

You can tell spruces from pines by their squarish individual needles held in a bottle brush shape and their cones' scales that take only one year to grow.

你可以根据这些特点区分松树和云杉，云杉有着独立的方形针叶，枝条呈瓶刷状，球果的鳞一即可成熟。

Atlanta these days was like a giant plant which had been cut to the ground but now was springing up again with sturdier shoots, thicker foliage, more numerous branches.

如今的亚特兰大就像一棵被砍倒在地的大树，正在重新长出更茁壮的幼芽，更稠密的叶子，更繁茂的枝条。

The Whomping Willow was creaking and lashing out with its lower branches; they could see themselves darting here and there, trying to reach the trunk.

打人柳正在吱吱嘎嘎地作响，用它的部枝条抽打着；他们可以看见他们自己来来回回地到处乱冲，设法要走近树干。

Wild poinsettias can grow up to four meters tall. He liked them so much that he sent some cuttings back to the United States.

野生的一品红能生长到4米高，他很喜欢就剪了些枝条送回美国。

All the trees, with all their laden branches; all the shrubs, and ferns, and grasses; the message-carrying air; all these unceasingly were active.

所有的树，连同它们所有果实累累的枝条；所有的灌木、蕨类和青草；传递信息的风；这一切都在不断地活跃着。