sap,汁液，-ling,小词后缀。引申词义树苗，幼树。

1. She plucked some leaves off the sapling.

她从树苗上摘下一些叶子.

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2. A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline.

小树要砍, 小孩要管.

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3. She cut down the sapling with one chop.

她一斧子就把树苗砍倒了.

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4. The sapling has grown into a big tree after five years.

五年过去了,小树苗长成了一颗大树.

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5. Like sapling trees, small children are very pliable.

就像树苗一样, 小孩子很易塑.

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