The meanders of a prattling brook, were shaded with straggling willows and alder trees . 一条小河蜿蜒掩映在稀疏的柳树和桤树的树荫间,淙淙作响。
alder trees belong to the birch family 赤杨属于桦木科。
I pointed to where our village lay on the flat inshore among the alder trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church 我把我们村子的位置指给他看。村子就坐落在距离教堂一英里多远的平坦河岸上,四周矗立着赤扬树和截梢树。