Cypres

(n.) A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law.

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• Houston lived some distance from the town and generally went home late at night, having to pass through a dark cypress swamp over a corduroy road. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Bayou Baxter, as it reaches lower land, begins to spread out and disappears entirely in a cypress swamp before it reaches the Macon. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• We placed his remains under a cypress, the upright mountain being scooped out to receive them. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• No, you never saw it; but you recognize the nature of these trees, this foliage--the cypress, the willow, the yew. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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