But they still have one more purchase to make: their Christmas tree.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

A Christmas tree, in other words, is a sign that can only be understood intelligibly in terms of a certain cultural understanding.

也就是说，它仅仅用于，也仅仅在一定的文化背景中,才能有意义，被理解。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

And they have like a giant Christmas tree and a menorah and a bunch of other things, so.

到时候会有巨大的圣诞树、蜡烛，等等之类的都有。

强力推荐 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

And that car will be parked in front of the Red Lion Inn with a Christmas tree on top."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

this is perhaps the most interesting thing because it forces us to show the complexity, to see the complexity, of semiotic relationships: a red light, just to return to the Christian holiday, a red light on a Christmas tree.

现在我们讲到了一个耐人寻味论点,这个问题迫使我们要思考，符号系统之间复杂的联系：,当我们再圣诞节时看到红灯，圣诞树上的红灯。

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Each of the participating businesses displays a Christmas tree on their premises decorated with special hanging ornaments.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

and going to get the Christmas tree was always really a big deal in my house.

装饰圣诞树一直是我们家的一件非常重要的事情。

洛克菲勒中心的时光 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

It parks in front of the Red Lion Inn. As in the original picture, there is a Christmas tree on the car as it is being delivered to a family.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Once you get that, once you get the value, "Christmas tree," as opposed to "red lights," "red lights" being perhaps a part of some Christmas trees, then you see that you're back in a semiotic system and a very obvious one, because a Christmas tree is a not-menorah, not-Kwanzaa candles.

一旦认识到这点，红灯，指的其实是圣诞树“,红灯是圣诞树的一部分，那么你会发现你回到了符号学的解释中，圣诞树不用于犹太教或者非洲人的节日。

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"He gives presents that children want for Christmas, and give it to them under their tree."

VOA: special.2009.12.21

An evergreen tree is a Christmas tradition in many American homes.

VOA: special.2010.12.21