| 词汇 | scrubby |
| 释义 | scrubby adjective uk /ˈskrʌb.i/ us /ˈskrʌb.i/ covered with short trees and bushes: 灌木丛生的 a scrubby landscape灌木丛生的（荒）地 Scrubby plants, bushes, or trees are shorter than normal: scrubby vegetation See scrub El Rancho is in the scrubby lowlands of eastern Guatemala. the austere expanse of scrubby desert and jagged mountains the historical landscape of the old farm fields, now scrubby and overgrown Ranches are rising quickly on the scrubby slopes and in narrow valleys. The local dark-sand beaches can be scrubby. The land was flat and dry, freckled with scrubby bushes. The meadow grasses were trampled down to scrubby clumps. It is mostly rocks and scrubby trees, and there seem few places to hide. Scarce, inadequate and not enough be at a premiumidiom be thin on the groundidiom chronic shortage dearth dearth of something gold dust insufficiently lack lacking like gold dustidiom long on something and short on somethingidiom lousy scarce scarcity shortage shortfall shortness shy skinny thin You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Small Bushes & shrubs Examples of scrubbyscrubby They just wanted to use his name, time, and money, and asked him to do the kind of ' scrubby work ' which anyone else could do. These patterns suggest that rain forests in both study areas will be largely replaced over time by anthropogenic savannas and scrubby regrowth. At the margin of these vleis, the lower catena community is dominated by low open scrubby woodland. The mountainous terrain on either side of the valley is steep and rocky, with thick, scrubby vegetation capable of supporting wildlife and domestic stock such as sheep and cattle. We are offered a scrubby old sewage works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout the country, there are large areas of the scrubby type of land which was once woodland and was felled during the war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may get a few scrubby weeds but that is all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are clearly naturally regenerated, but they are only scrubby trees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The difference between hilly, scrubby land and flat, level land makes a very considerable difference to the final cost of a building scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When that small-holder got that land it was poor land, growing a very scrubby crop of oats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were promised a little green sward along the edge, but now it will be scrubby old land for the pipes and ducts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is that not a sufficient protection, and will that cost not prevent bad scrubby cattle being sent over? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When they thought that some rather scrubby conifers required protection they offered a management agreement, which was accepted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I still say that it will be scrubby old sewage land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think he will accept the fact that "scrubbies" and heavy workers are not able to draw the full allowance because they are not able to comply with the condition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of scrubby These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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