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

• 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？
• The ambulance station consisted of three tents, pitched at the edge of a birch copse.
  救护站是在小白桦树林边塔了三个卷着边的帐篷。
• I have seen bricks amid the oak copse there.
  我还看见过橡树林中留存着的砖头。
• 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。
• ( British) a copse that shelters game.
  （英国）防护用的灌木林。
• Galloping successfully between the French forces, he reached the field behind the copse across which our men were running downhill, not heeding the word of command.
  他很幸运地从法军中间疾驰而过，已经驰近森林之后的田野，我军官兵正穿过森林逃跑，他们不听口令，迳直往山下走去。
• 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。
• 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；
• The militiamen carried Prince Andrey to the copse, where there were vans and an ambulance station.
  后备军人们把安德烈公爵抬到林边，那儿停着几辆大车，救护站就在那儿。
• 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。