With straight trunks and branches, white poplars aim high.
它的干，通常是丈把高，像加过人工似的，一丈以内绝无旁枝。
英译中国现代散文选(一) Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1
They are white poplars. Though very common in Northwest China, they are no ordinary trees!
那是力争上游的一种树，笔直的干，笔直的枝。
英译中国现代散文选(一) Selected Modern Chinese Essays 1
When you trudge through the melting snow of the highland and see one or a row of white poplars standing proudly on the vast plains, how could you look upon them as nothing but mere trees?
难道你就不想到它的朴质，严肃，坚强不屈，至少也象征了北方的农民？
英语百科
White poplar
White poplar is a common name used to refer to several trees in the genus Populus:
Populus alba, native to Eurasia
Populus grandidentata, bigtooth aspen
Populus tremuloides, American aspen
Populus tomentosa, Chinese white poplar
近义、反义、联想词
近义词
n.
poplar, poplar tree, wood
英英词典
white poplar n.
a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces
synonymous： white aspen, abele, aspen poplar, silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba
light easily worked wood of a tulip tree; used for furniture and veneer