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

• 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。
• They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.
  在草丛之中采咸草，罗腾（小树名，松类）的根为他们的食物。
• Small flames stirred at the bole of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood, dividing and increasing.
  小小的火苗在一株树干上颤动着，又悄悄地爬过簇叶和灌丛蔓延开去，火势在不断增强。
• Have you rambled through the brushwood, holding aside the branches, on account of the charming head which is coming on behind you?
  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？
• 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。
• Your servant's heart is revealed in little acts that others don't think of doing, as when Paul gathered brushwood for a fire to warm everyone after a shipwreck.
  仆人的心志常在没有人想做的小事上显明出来。正如保罗在沉船后去拾柴生火，让众人取暖。
• They sleep on brushwood and taste gall.
  他们卧薪尝胆。
• 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。
• We gathered some brushwood to make a fire.
  我们收集了一些断下的树枝用以生火。
• Green plants divide road group; brushwood and arbors divide walk path and roadway system.
  由绿植划分道路组团；灌木丛与乔木丛分别划分行走路径与车行道路体系。