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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Epiphytic ferns of southeastern Asia to New Guinea. In the British Isles and western Europe it is common copse and hedge plant.
  亚洲东南部至新几内亚岛的附生蕨类植物。在不列颠群岛和西欧为常见萌生林和绿篱植物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？