An acacia is a tree of warm countries, often with feathery leaves and small flowers in yellow or white balls or spikes. Many kinds have thorns; some give a useful gum.

An acacia is a tree of warm countries一種acacia是溫暖地區的樹, often with feathery leaves and small flowers in yellow or white balls or spikes常常有羽狀的葉子，還有黃色或白色球狀或穗狀的小花。Many kinds have thorns很多種類有刺; some give a useful gum有些會分泌有用的樹膠。

English uses the word for a wide family of such trees, not for one garden pet. You meet it in nature writing, on honey labels, and in talk about dry, sunny land.

English uses the word for a wide family of such trees英文用這個字指一大類這樣的樹, not for one garden pet而不是指某一種特定的園藝樹。You meet it in nature writing, on honey labels, and in talk about dry, sunny land你會在自然寫作、蜂蜜標籤，還有談論乾燥向陽土地的內容裡看到這個字。

Though actually, what a student in Taiwan already pictures is often the hillside 相思樹 — a fair hook, and a close member of that group — while an English book may mean another yellow-flowering kind from Africa or Australia. Australians often say wattle for their own trees of this sort; that is a local name, not a different idea.

Though actually不過事實上, what a student in Taiwan already pictures is often the hillside 相思樹台灣學生腦中浮現的通常是山坡上的相思樹 — a fair hook, and a close member of that group這是個不錯的連結點，而且它確實是這個家族的近親 — while an English book may mean another yellow-flowering kind from Africa or Australia但英文書講的可能是另一種來自非洲或澳洲的黃花品種。Australians often say wattle for their own trees of this sort澳洲人常常把自己那種樹叫做wattle; that is a local name, not a different idea這只是個地方名稱，不是不同的概念。

The English word is a little botanical in everyday talk; people may just say “those yellow trees”.

The English word is a little botanical in everyday talk這個英文字在日常對話裡有點植物學味 people may just say "those yellow trees"人們可能就只說"those yellow trees"（那些黃色的樹）。