coppice

n. 矮林

发音

其它 /ˈkɒpɪs/

词形变化

coppices 复数 coppices coppiced coppices 三单 coppicing coppicing 现在分词 coppiced 过去式 coppiced 过去分词

别名

coppy coppis

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

    萌芽更新

v.
  1. 1.

    To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth.

    及物

    Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.

  2. 2.

    To sprout from the stump.

    不及物

    Few conifer species can coppice.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

brush thicket brushwood copse

上位词 3

flora vegetation botany

下位词 6

brake underwood undergrowth cane brake spinney underbrush

相关短语

coppice mining bee coppice mining bees

词源

From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”).

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