After she learned of the accident, the girl began to shake like an aspen leaf. 当这位姑娘得悉那场意外事故时,她浑身发抖。
I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf. 我发哆嗦和颤抖就像是一片摇晃的树叶。
Maria: Yes, but I'm seeing friends in Aspen. 玛丽亚:是的,但我要在奥斯本会朋友。
aspen
[ noun ] any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind <noun.plant>
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), a. Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.
Nor aspen leaves confess the gentlest breeze. --Gay.
Aspen \Asp"en\ ([a^]s"p[e^]n), Asp \Asp\ ([.a]sp), n. [AS. [ae]sp, [ae]ps; akin to OHG. aspa, Icel. ["o]sp, Dan. [ae]sp, Sw. asp, D. esp, G. espe, ["a]spe, aspe; cf. Lettish apsa, Lith. apuszis.] (Bot.) One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the {Populus tremula}, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.
Stands of aspen and lodgepole pine surrounding the trail are evidence that while fire can destroy trees, it can also create life, the ranger said.
With their roots undamaged by the flames, aspen trees return to their juvenile phase for three to four years, and will add as much as four feet in a 90-day growing season.