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单词 scrubland
释义

scrubland

[ skruhb-land ]
/ ˈskrʌbˌlænd /
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noun

land on which the natural vegetation is chiefly scrub.

Origin of scrubland

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; scrub2 + -land

Words nearby scrubland

scrub brush, scrubby, scrubdown, scrub fowl, scrub jay, scrubland, scrub nurse, scrub oak, scrub pine, scrub round, scrubs
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Example sentences from the Web for scrubland

  • The specimen was taken along the Apas River in scrubland near the river.

    Birds from North Borneo|Max C. Thompson
  • A freight train dragged southward in the twilight, wending its way through pine forest and scrubland.

    Collectivum|Mike Lewis
  • All that day we continued through the prairies, with here and there a belt of scrubland to cut across the vision.

    Neighbours|Robert Stead

British Dictionary definitions for scrubland

scrubland
/ (ˈskrʌbˌlænd) /

noun

an area of scrub vegetation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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