a large plant that is smaller than a tree and that has several stems of wood coming from the ground 灌木synonym bush- evergreen shrubs常青灌木
- shrub roses木本蔷薇
Extra Examples- Overgrown deciduous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.过于繁茂的落叶灌木可以在每年的这个时候修剪。
- Tender shrubs don't grow well here.不耐寒的灌木在这儿长不好。
- The bed is planted with flowering shrubs.园圃中种有开花灌木。
Topics Plants and treesc2, Gardensc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + shrubshrub + verbshrub + nounphrases- be planted with shrubs
- a variety of shrub
See full entry Word OriginOld English scrubb, scrybb ‘shrubbery’; compare with West Flemish schrobbe ‘vetch’, Norwegian skrubba ‘dwarf cornel’ (a type of dogwood), also with the noun scrub senses 2 and 3.