copses

英 [ˈkɒpsɪz]

美 [ˈkɑpsɪz]

n.  矮林; 萌生林
copse的复数

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

双语例句

• 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。
• The road was flanked with fields and copses.
  道路的两旁是田野和矮树林。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。