n.[C]

1. 树；乔木；树状灌木
   Birds are singing in the trees.

   鸟在树上歌唱。

2. 世系图，家谱
3. （树状）木制用品，木制物
   He is making a clothes tree.

   他在做衣帽架。

4. 【古】绞架
5. 【古】（钉耶稣的）十字架

vt.

1. 把……赶上树
   The cat was treed by the dog.

   猫被狗赶上了树。

2. 使处于困境

n.

1. a woody perennial plant typically with a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches.
2. a wooden structure or part of a structure.
   ▸archaic or literary the cross on which Christ was crucified.
   ▸archaic a gibbet.
3. (also tree diagram) a diagram with a structure of branching connecting lines, representing different processes and relationships.

v.

1. N. Amer. force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree.
2. informal, chiefly US force into a difficult situation.