boscage

n. 丛林, 草丛

发音

UK /bɒskɪdʒ/
其它
US /bɑskɪd͡ʒ/

词形变化

boscages 复数 boscages

别名

bocage boskage

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.

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  2. 2.

    Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.

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  3. 3.

    Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.

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  4. 4.

    A tax on wood.

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词源

From the Middle English boskage, from the Old French boscage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Late Latin boscus, from Frankish *busk (compare Middle Dutch busch), from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“forest, woods”).

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