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privet

/priv-it/US // ˈprɪv ɪt //UK // (ˈprɪvɪt) //

女贞子,女贞,女贞座,私生子

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Ligustrum, especially L. vulgare, having clusters of small white flowers and commonly grown as a hedge.

Examples

  • His gray hackles stiffened and his thick-set eyebrows bristled outward like bits of frosted privet.

  • As the strains died away and the couples moved off among the privet-lined paths, I went slowly down the terrace.

  • Then a little branch of privet comes and touches M. Flammarion's hand, apparently arriving from somewhere near the window.

  • The copper beech, the high privet hedge and the willows beyond it, shut out both light and air.

  • She made a charming picture as she walked slowly the length of the privet hedge and then turned towards the copper beech again.