单词 | undergrowth |
释义 | undergrowthWord family (noun) grower growth undergrowth outgrowth overgrowth (adjective) growing grown overgrown (verb) grow outgrow From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Plantsundergrowthun‧der‧growth /ˈʌndəɡrəʊθ $ -dərɡroʊθ-/ noun [uncountable]HBPbushes, small trees, and other plants growing around and under bigger treesExamples from the Corpusundergrowth• Mrs Nishimae stops, putting a finger over her lips, then disappears through a small opening in a tangle of undergrowth.• Even if she reached the trees, the Dragoons would soon ride Sharpe down in the tangle of undergrowth.• There was a scuffle, and then a woman's giggle, among the undergrowth toward the centre of the small coppice.• Benjamin heard the faint crackling in the undergrowth but took one look at me and gave up any idea of pursuit.• Something rustled in the undergrowth.• Crunching up the gravel drive past a clump of rhododendrons, she heard a scuffle in the undergrowth.• And if they did they wouldn't be laughing; they'd be too busy tracking their way through the undergrowth. |
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