undergrowth

英['ʌndəɡrəʊθ] 美['ʌndərɡroʊθ]
  • n. 矮树丛;细绒毛
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Noun:
  1. the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest

1. I heard them coming, crashing through the undergrowth, before I saw them.
还没看到他们,我便听到他们穿过矮树丛过来的声音。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The bushfire actually helped to burn off a lot of dead undergrowth.
林区大火实际上有助于清除很多枯死的矮灌木。

来自柯林斯例句

3. We had to bushwhack through undergrowth.
我们只好在灌木丛中劈开一条路。

来自《权威词典》

4. The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.
老虎悄然穿过矮树丛。

来自《权威词典》

5. They used their knives to clear a path through the dense undergrowth.
他们用刀在浓密的灌木丛中劈开一条小路。

来自《权威词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. We hacked our way through the undergrowth.
      我们披荆斩棘在矮树丛中前进。
    2. There was a sudden movement in the undergrowth.
      矮树丛里突然有什么东西动了一下。
    3. Their daily trips through the jungle have made a path in the thick undergrowth.
      他们每天往返穿过丛林,已在茂密的矮丛中踩出了一条小路。

【邻近词汇】