Here the trees, laden heavily with their new and humid leaves, were now suffering more damage than during the highest winds of winter, when the boughs are especially disencumbered to do battle with the storm.

这片树木长满了茂盛的湿润新叶，遭受冬季风时还要大的伤害，冬季的树枝是专门把树叶脱落了来跟风暴搏斗。