1·Spruce bark beetles have boomed in Alaska thanks to 20 years of warm summers. The insects have chewed up 4 million acres of spruce trees.
阿拉斯加的云杉树皮虫发出隆隆声感谢过去20年暧和的夏天。昆虫已经毁坏掉了4百万英亩的云杉树。
2·The largest plane ever constructed—the Spruce Goose—is largely comprised of spruce.
有史以来建造的最大飞机，云杉鹅主要是云杉组成的。
3·Despite less sensitive to mild drought stress in jack pine than in black spruce, stomata was more sensitive to moderate and severe stress in jack pine than in black spruce.
尽管北美短叶松的气孔对轻度干旱胁迫不如黑云杉敏感，但是它对中度及严重干旱胁迫的敏感程度却高于黑云杉。
4·In Maine Daniel Jennings of the u. s. forest service has enlisted spiders in the war against the spruce budworm the northeast's most devastating enemy of spruce and fir forests.
在缅因州，美国林业局的丹尼尔·詹宁斯征募蜘蛛来与云杉芽卷蛾——东北部云杉和冷杉林最凶恶的敌人——作战。
5·Spruce has a long history in classical Musical Instruments: The violin, viola, cello, double bass as well as today's more expensive electric jazz guitars all have solid spruce tops.
在云杉有悠久的历史传统乐器：小提琴，中提琴，大提琴，低音提琴以及今天的更昂贵的电吉他，有深厚的爵士乐云杉上衣。