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

• ( British) a copse that shelters game.
  （英国）防护用的灌木林。
• 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 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。
• After passing in the smoke through the sixth corps behind the artillery, which had been moved forward and was keeping up a deafening cannonade, they rode into a small copse.
  他们在硝烟中经过第六兵团，向前移动了的大炮在后面震耳欲聋地射击着，他们走到一座不大的森林。
• Glossary of terms used in wood preservation ( British) a copse that shelters game.
  GB/T14019-1992木材防腐术语（英国）防护用的灌木林。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have seen bricks amid the oak copse there.
  我还看见过橡树林中留存着的砖头。