copse

英 [kɒps]

美 [kɑːps]

n.  矮林; 萌生林

复数：copses　

BNC.16066 / COCA.28374

牛津词典

noun

• 矮林；萌生林
  a small area of trees or bushes growing together

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 矮树林;灌木丛
  Acopseis a small group of trees growing very close to each other.
  1. ...a little copse of fir trees.
     一小片杉树林

英英释义

noun

• a dense growth of bushes
  Synonym:brushbrushwoodcoppicethicket

双语例句

• Behind a copse of dark green conifers, bees buzz lazily over neat rows of shiny tea bushes soaking up the summer sun.
  在一片墨绿色的针叶林背后，一排排整齐的茶树丛闪闪发亮，沐浴在夏日的阳光下，蜜蜂嗡嗡作响，懒洋洋地在枝头盘绕。
• In the middle of the day they set the hounds into a ravine covered with thickly growing young copse.
  日当午，他们把猎犬放进长满茂密的幼林的峡谷。
• This was Timohin's division, the only one that had retained its good order in the copse, and hiding in ambush in the ditch behind the copse, had suddenly attacked the French.
  这是季莫欣指挥的连队，惟有这个连队在森林中顺利地坚守阵地，埋伏在森林附近的沟渠，突然向法军官兵发动进攻。
• In this copse of birch-and pine-trees, on the right of the road, could be seen far away the shining cross and belfry of the Kolotsky monastery.
  在那片长满白桦和枞树的森林里，大路的右边，科洛恰修道院的十字架和钟楼远远地在太阳下闪光。
• In the British Isles and western Europe it is common copse and hedge plant.
  在不列颠群岛和西欧为常见萌生林和绿篱植物。
• Why was this old woman making such a fuss about an old copse which was of no use to anybody?
  为什么这个年老女士会对一片毫无用处的老灌木林如此紧张呢？
• I have seen bricks amid the oak copse there.
  我还看见过橡树林中留存着的砖头。
• THE INFANTRY, who had been caught unawares in the copse, had run away, and the different companies all confused together had retreated in disorderly crowds.
  几个步兵团在森林中给弄得措手不及，于是从森林中跑出去；
• Evergreen shrubs were interspersed among ( between) the trees ( British) a copse that shelters game.
  （英国）防护用的灌木林。灌木丛散布于树林间。
• As soon as they entered the copse, Lady Catherine began in the following manner
  一走进小树林，咖苔琳夫人便用这样的方式跟她谈话