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brushwood

/bruhsh-wood/US // ˈbrʌʃˌwʊd //UK // (ˈbrʌʃˌwʊd) //

灌木林,灌木丛,矮林,灌木丛生

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the wood of branches that have been cut or broken off.
    • : a pile or covering of such branches.
    • : a growth or thicket of densely growing small trees and shrubs.

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Examples

  • Analyses of charring patterns on her bones and burned sediment surrounding her remains suggest the woman’s body was placed inside the hut just before the brushwood structure was intentionally burned.

  • Far across the island, faintly sounding through the trees and brushwood, came a similar, answering cry.

  • Logs and dry brushwood are disposed all round, and the whole is set fire to, and the doors closed.

  • My driver bestowed upon this tangled brushwood the high-sounding name of jungle.

  • When communication trenches have been dug and brushwood and rocks flattened out, it will be easier.

  • Again looking out of the window, I saw them coming back, each man loaded with a mass of brushwood.