copses

英 [ˈkɒpsɪz] 美 [ˈkɑpsɪz]

n.  矮林; 萌生林
copse的复数



柯林斯词典

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

双语例句

  1. Against the peaceful landscape, the pale, decaying tints of the copses, the blue air of the horizon, and the lichened stile-boards, these staring vermilion words shone forth.
    映衬着宁静的风景、矮树林灰白的枯黄色调、天边的蔚蓝色空气和长满苔藓的栅栏木板,那些鲜红的大字闪闪发光。
  2. Everything on this snug property was bright, thriving, and well kept; acres of glass houses stretched down the inclines to the copses at their feet.
    在这块幽静舒适的地产上,一切都是光明的,兴旺的,管理得井井有条;占地几英亩的温室从山坡上延伸下去,一直到了山脚下的萌生林那儿。
  3. Even now, traces of its earlier condition are to be found in the old oak copses and irregular belts of timber that yet survive upon its slopes, and the hollow-trunked trees that shade so many of its pastures.
    即使到了现在,从山坡上残存下来的古老的橡树林和错落不齐的树林带上,从为牧场遮荫的许多空心树上,都找得到当年情形的痕迹。
  4. It was like saying: There are no forests, only trees and copses.
    这好比说世上没有森林,只有乔木和灌木。
  5. The road was flanked with fields and copses.
    道路的两旁是田野和矮树林。
  6. At a stroke the little woods and copses became a cacophony: a musical celebration of the instantaneous horniness of the turning year.
    小树林和灌木丛里一下子充满了各式各样的声音:用音乐庆祝突如其来的季节更迭。
  7. In the foreground lay golden fields and copses glittering in the sun.
    金黄色的田野和小树林在近处闪闪发亮。