undergrowth的意思

undergrowth

英式音标['ʌndɚɡroθ]
美式英标['ʌndəgrəʊθ]

基本解释

n. 发育不全；生长在大树下的灌木；动物身上长在长毛下面的浓密绒毛

英文词源

undergrowth (n.): "shrubs or small trees growing amid larger ones," c. 1600, from under + growth.

实用例句

1. I heard them coming, crashing through the undergrowth, before I saw them.: 还没看到他们，我便听到他们穿过矮树丛过来的声音。

2. The bushfire actually helped to burn off a lot of dead undergrowth.: 林区大火实际上有助于清除很多枯死的矮灌木。

3. We had to bushwhack through undergrowth.: 我们只好在灌木丛中劈开一条路。

4. The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.: 老虎悄然穿过矮树丛。

5. They used their knives to clear a path through the dense undergrowth.: 他们用刀在浓密的灌木丛中劈开一条小路。

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