单词 | shrubbery |
释义 | shrubbery From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshrubberyshrub‧be‧ry /ˈʃrʌbəri/ noun (plural shrubberies)1 HBP[uncountable] shrubs planted close together a tangled mass of overgrown shrubbery2 HBP[countable] a part of a garden where shrubs are planted close togetherExamples from the Corpusshrubbery• She pulled through the clutching shrubbery and skimmed back up the steps, realizing she was leaving footprints of damp earth.• A neat lawn surrounded by rows of shrubbery hugged the base of the red-brick building.• The background was almost white, with a few twirls of shrubbery gnaw-ing at the ground.• Now and then the gleam of a flashlight would wink out through the shrubbery.• She pushed through the shrubbery and glimpsed part of a bright blue coat.• People across the river can not see through the shrubbery, which stands in dense clusters, taller than a man.• In the dream she and her father were walking together through the shrubbery. |
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