brushwood

英 [ˈbrʌʃwʊd]

美 [ˈbrʌʃwʊd]

n.  (常指当柴火用的)断树枝，枯树枝

BNC.34816 / COCA.42597

牛津词典

noun

• （常指当柴火用的）断树枝，枯树枝
  small broken or dead branches of trees, often used to make fires

柯林斯词典

• 断树枝；枯树枝
  Brushwoodconsists of small pieces of wood that have broken off trees and bushes.

英英释义

noun

• a dense growth of bushes
  Synonym:brushcoppicecopsethicket
• the wood from bushes or small branches
  1. they built a fire of brushwood

双语例句

• This time the forty-sou piece escaped him, and went rolling towards the brushwood until it reached Jean valjean.
  可是这一次他那个值四十苏的钱落了空，向那丛荆棘了去，滚到了冉阿让的脚边。
• It is akin to allowing occasional small forest fires to clear the brushwood, rather than extinguishing them and risking a huge conflagration.
  这类似于让偶然爆发的小规模森林火灾烧掉那些低矮的灌木丛，而不是将其扑灭，并甘冒酿成大火的风险。
• Inside the barren house, piles of brushwood, litter and building materials lie strewn about.
  在这栋荒凉的房子内部，枯树枝、垃圾和建筑材料堆得到处都是。
• We gathered some brushwood to make a fire.
  我们收集了一些断下的树枝用以生火。
• I value Mary for her personality, not for her good look. Have you rambled through the brushwood, holding aside the branches, on account of the charming head which is coming on behind you?
  我非常喜欢玛丽，是因为她的人格，而不是她的姣容。你曾否穿越树丛，为跟在你后面走来的姣好的头分开枝叶呢？
• You will crawl on your belly through the brushwood, and you will eat grass like the beasts of the forest.
  你将在草莽中爬着走，你将象树林中的野人一样吃草。
• They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.
  在草丛中叫唤，在荆棘下聚集。
• And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
  亚伯拉罕举目观看，不料，有一只公羊，两角扣在稠密的小树中，亚伯拉罕就取了那只公羊来，献为燔祭，代替他的儿子。
• Australian tree resembling the banyan often planted for ornament; introduced into South Africa for brushwood.
  一种与印度榕树相似的澳洲榕，通常栽培供观赏，；已引种至非洲南部作薪柴。
• The natural scenery, such as forest and brushwood, are represented by adding IFS codes.
  另外通过增加IFS码，对分形图进行变换，逼真模拟森林、草地等自然景观。