| 词汇 | undergrowth |
| 释义 | undergrowth noun[ U ] uk /ˈʌn.də.ɡrəʊθ/ us /ˈʌn.dɚ.ɡroʊθ/ a mass of bushes, small trees, and plants, especially growing under the trees in a forest: 林下灌丛；林下植物 Police discovered the body hidden in thick undergrowth.警察发现尸体被藏在一处浓密的灌木丛中。 Synonym underbrushUS Bushes & shrubs abelia abutilon angel's trumpet aronia artemisia dewberry dogwood eglantine ephedra firethorn manuka manzanita mayflower Mexican orange mock orange shrubby snowberry spicebush staghorn sumac sumac undergrowth | American Dictionaryundergrowth noun[ U ] us/ˈʌn·dərˌɡroʊθ/ underbrush Examples of undergrowthundergrowth The new biotype was found in a limited area in the undergrowth of a pine forest, 600-1000 m above sea level. The risk of infection can be substantially reduced by avoiding habitats with high tick density, such as wooded areas with luxuriant undergrowth and dense vegetation. The temple has been rent by the riotous energy of the natural world; it is about to be lost forever to the undergrowth. No doubt this clearing of this conceptual undergrowth is necessary, but it makes for hard slogging. Subsequently, we calculated a linear regression of undergrowth plant diversity on geometrid diversity for all 12 understorey samples. The undergrowth was thick and dominated by tangles of climbers, giant herbs and thorny creepers. They are all deciduous, and there is little if any undergrowth. This is a beneficial set-up, especially when the family is in long grass or dense undergrowth. These areas consisted of smaller trees with patchy canopy and the undergrowth was denser than in unlogged areas. The site of the experiments had been under fallow for about six years, and the vegetation comprised secondary forests, interspersed with dense undergrowth. These furnish considerable shade, though not so dense as in the previous type, and are always associated with a tangled undergrowth. These two species, however, were rarely found in undergrowth of the forests. This consists of trees of vastly different sizes, with a dense undergrowth of small scrub, bound together by epiphytes of various kinds. The vegetation of the reserve is characterized by a limestone type with sparse undergrowth. And the jungle itself intrinsically defies the pictorial - the dense undergrowth hides more than it reveals. 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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