Soon after you saw the dark blur of casuarina trees above the line of the sea, you would see the white bulk of the house. 从很远很远的洋面上看这小岛,首先映入眼帘的,除了大片麻黄林外,就是这幢通体雪白的房子。
casuarina
[ noun ] any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood <noun.plant>
Casuarina \Cas`u*a*ri"na\, n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus {Casuarius}.] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called {beefwood} from its color.