underbrush
英 ['?nd?br??]
美['?nd?br??]
- n. 林下灌木叢；矮樹叢
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英文詞源
- underbrush (n.)
- "shrub and small trees in a forest," 1775, from under + brush (n.2). Originally American English; compare undergrowth, attested in the same sense from 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. The trail was steep and thick with underbrush.
- 那條小路非常陡峭，而且長滿了灌木叢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place.
- 一束手電筒的光束在離他們的藏身之地只有幾碼遠的灌木叢里搜尋著。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Inconspicuously, I edged along the baseball field, then slipped into underbrush.
- 我躲躲閃閃地沿著棒球場的邊緣向前走, 隨后又消消地溜進了灌木叢.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Speckled quails rustled in the underbrush.
- 鵪鶉在矮樹叢里沙沙作響.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them.
- 思嘉緊張的神經幾乎一下繃裂了,因為她聽見附近灌木叢中突然冒出的一個聲音.
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