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shrubbery

/shruhb-uh-ree/US // ˈʃrʌb ə ri //UK // (ˈʃrʌbərɪ) //

灌木丛,灌木林,灌木丛生,灌木丛中

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural shrub·ber·ies.

    • : a planting of shrubs: He hit the croquet ball into the shrubbery.
    • : shrubs collectively.

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Examples

  • This lightweight trimmer is less than three pounds, with an ergonomic handle and powerful 1,200 RPM motor to shape and shear any shrubbery.

  • Compared with bats clustering under a bridge or baboons grooming pals’ fur, even the most sociable female giraffes often look as if they just happen to be milling around feeding in the same shrubbery.

  • It sits on a modest plot overgrown with wild grasses and shrubbery.

  • They painted his house, maintained his yard, replaced the sod, installed artificial turf, and planted and moved shrubbery.

  • Kip broke away from the shrubbery and ran across the open lawn toward that point where the man lay on the ground.

  • No plot of shrubbery or flower-garden broke the gray monotony of the place.

  • She had lived twenty-five years up-stairs and down-stairs in that white house with the lilac shrubbery and low iron fence.

  • The site which it occupied is now a public garden, diversified with shrubbery and flowers.

  • He cannot use shrubbery and ornamental trees for this purpose, nor cut standing timber for this purpose.