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

• 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。
• If you are looking for my master, ma'am, he is walking towards the little copse.
  小姐，你们是在找主人吧，他正往小树林里去散步呢。
• 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
• 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。
• Eventually we got to our feet and ran across the North Lawn to the nearest copse of trees.
  最后，我们站了起来跑过北草坪到最近的灌木林里。
• 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；
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。