thicket
英 [ˈθɪk.ɪt]
美 [ˈθɪk.ɪt]
thicket 灌木丛thick,厚的,浓密的,-et,派生后缀。引申词义灌木丛。
- thicket (n.)
- "close-set growth of shrubs, bushes, trees, etc.," late Old English þiccet, from þicce (see thick) + denominative suffix -et. Absent in Middle English, reappearing early 16c., perhaps a dialectal survival or a re-formation.
- 1. An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.
- 一顶橄榄色帐篷扎在树丛当中。
- 2. The novel is a thicket of literary references.
- 这本小说纯粹是由一堆文学参考书胡乱拼凑而成。
- 3. A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.
- 丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处.
- 4. He hid in a thicket.
- 他躲在灌木丛里.
- 5. The fox hid in the thicket where the dogs could not reach it.
- 狐狸躲进了狗抓不到它的灌木丛中.