"close-set growth of shrubs, bushes, trees, etc.," late Old English ticcet, from ticce (see thick) + denominative suffix -et. Absent in Middle English, reappearing early 16c., perhaps a dialectal survival or a re-formation.
雙語例句
1. An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.
一頂橄欖色帳篷扎在樹叢當(dāng)中。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The novel is a thicket of literary references.
這本小說純粹是由一堆文學(xué)參考書胡亂拼湊而成。
來自柯林斯例句
3. A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.
叢林是動物的良好隱蔽處.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. He hid in a thicket.
他躲在灌木叢里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The fox hid in the thicket where the dogs could not reach it.