copse

n. 矮林, 小灌木林, 萌生林

发音

其它 /kɒps/

词形变化

copses 复数 copses copsed copses 三单 copsing copsing 现在分词 copsed 过去式 copsed 过去分词

别名

copps

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A coppice: an area of woodland managed by coppicing (periodic cutting near stump level).

  2. 2.

    Any thicket of small trees or shrubs, coppiced or not.

    Striking the highway beyond the little copse she skirted the dark iron palings enclosing Hare.

  3. 3.

    Any woodland or woodlot.

v.
  1. 1.

    To trim or cut.

    及物 植物学 商务
  2. 2.

    To plant and preserve.

    及物 植物学 商务

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

brush thicket brushwood coppice

上位词 3

flora vegetation botany

下位词 6

brake underwood undergrowth cane brake spinney underbrush

词源

1578, from coppice, by contraction, originally meaning “small wood grown for purposes of periodic cutting”.

来源：wiktionary