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undergrowth

noun
🔊/ˈʌndəɡrəʊθ/
🔊/ˈʌndərɡrəʊθ/
 (British English)
(North American English also underbrush)
[uncountable]
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  1. a mass of bushes and plants that grow close together under trees in woods and forests下木层
    • They used their knives to clear a path through the dense undergrowth.他们用刀在浓密的灌木丛中劈开一条小路。🔊🔊
    • The murder weapon was found concealed in undergrowth.杀人凶器被发现藏在灌木丛中。🔊🔊
    • The dog came crashing through the undergrowth towards us.那只狗从灌木丛中撞向我们。
    • I noticed someone hiding in the undergrowth.我注意到有人躲在灌木丛里。
    • The snake slithered off into the undergrowth.那条蛇钻进了灌木丛。
    compare overgrowthTopics Plants and treesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • deep
    • dense
    • lush
    • …
    … of undergrowth
    • patch
    • tangle
    verb + undergrowth
    • clear
    preposition
    • into the undergrowth
    • in the undergrowth
    • through the undergrowth
    • …
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