Silence once more; nothing was stirring, not even the leaves on the yew tree.

又是一阵沉默，没有一丝动，连红豆杉树叶都。

According to the Daily Mail, one yew tree in Britain is believed to be more than five thousand years old!

据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国有一棵红豆杉据信已经有五千多年历史！

The yew tree is known for its longevity and is believed to be one of the most long-lived trees in Europe.

红豆杉以其长寿而闻名，被认为是欧洲最长寿树木之一。

On each side stood a sable bush-holly or yew.

两旁各有一棵紫貂灌木冬青或红豆杉。

So he named it Prototaxites, which means " first yew, " after the tree he thought it most resembled.

所以他将它命名为 Prototaxites，意思是“第一个红豆杉”，以他认为最相似树命名。

They were standing instead in a dark and overgrown graveyard; the black outline of a small church was visible beyond a large yew tree to their right.

他们站在一片黑暗杂草墓地上，可以看到右边一棵高大红豆杉后面一所小教堂黑色轮廓。

From yew to hickory to ash, each wood had its own strengths and weaknesses, and it took a skilled craftsman to choose the right one for a particular bow.

从红豆杉到山核桃再到梣木，每种木材都有自己优点和缺点，需要熟练工匠才能为特定弓选择合适木材。

The California nutmeg (Torreya californica), a handsome evergreen belonging to the yew family, forms small groves near the cascades a mile or two below the foot of the Valley.

加利福尼亚肉豆蔻 (Torreya californica) 是红豆杉科一种漂亮常绿植物， 在山谷脚下一两英里处瀑布附近形成小树林。

The grounds here were more confined, the flower-beds showed no very careful tendance, and large clumps of trees, chiefly of sombre yews, had risen high, not ten yards from the windows.

这里土地更加狭窄，花坛没有经过精心打理，大片树木，主要是阴暗红豆杉，高高地耸立在离窗户不到十码地方。