| 词汇 | copse |
| 释义 | copse noun[ C ] uk /kɒps/ us /kɑːps/ a small group of trees矮林，小灌木林 Compare coppicenoun thicket Photos by R A Kearton/Moment/GettyImages Forestry afforestation agroforestry arborist brush carbon sink clearing cut down deforest lumberjack old growth ranger slash-and-burn the treeline tropical rainforest undercut understorey unforested woodcutter woodsy woody Songs of cuckoos and nightingales echoed from the copses on the hillsides. The fir copse from which the pheasant rose covers a rather sharp descent on one side of the highway. The river, the copse, both banks, green and washed, trees and fields—all were bathed in bright morning light. They were passing through a little copse, where the light was but misty and indistinct, and where the road made a sudden sharp turn almost at right angles, affording complete shelter to any person or persons lying in ambush. When they came to beyond the copse, after it touched the Professor's garden, they paused and took in the view. Examples of copsecopse How many people would go to this encyclopaedia and look up 'globalisation,' 'capacity building,' 'low level flight training,' or even 'copse'? Our bluebell groves and our chestnut copses and our hop fields are gradually giving way to the spread of concrete. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Many amenity woods, small woods, copses, and all hedgerow and park timber have been deliberately kept outside the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am thinking especially of small copses of parkland timber and timber planting which would not naturally be the subject of dedication agreements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Added to that, there are innumerable copses and much hedgerow timber, on which so much of the beauty of the countryside depends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is the fact that some of this land is unplantable due to copse? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Eventually they discovered this little cottage, which was at that time in a wilderness of weeds and, as its name implies, in a largish copse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that one could have city farms or a copse in an urban jungle should not be passed over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is very much their wood—it is more of a copse than a wood, but it is how they see it that matters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is all right in a large wood, but it could destroy a small copse within a relatively short time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That can be of benefit for the planting of hedgerows, copses and spinneys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, a woodland or small copse may have been destroyed and there may be no evidence of what existed before. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They should also be encouraged to retain the small banks and copses around some fields. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The small owner with small areas of amenity woods—copses, spinneys and the like—is most unlikely to find that his woodland is under a dedication scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They planted woods and copses with a view to blending forestry and agriculture to achieve a proper balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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