单词 | scrubland |
释义 | scrubland From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Geographyscrublandscrub‧land /ˈskrʌblənd/ noun [uncountable]SGan area of land that is covered with low bushesExamples from the Corpusscrubland• Out of the earth came a scrubland, and this scrubland grew and became a wood.• One crooked little shadow, flickering across stones and scrubland, made rapid progress for a quarter of a mile or so.• Councillors decided the broken down buildings, smashed fences and forgotten scrubland were giving passengers a bad impression of the town.• Father owns the pottery, a bit of scrubland around it and a couple of small fields.• Around four million hectares of grassland are suffering from the invasion of scrubland.• It was a place of scrubland and marsh less than sixty-five kilometers north of Saigon.• The forest thinned to a plateau of wind-worn scrubland and there was the aromatic scent of rosemary and thyme. |
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