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

• 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。
• I value Mary for her personality, not for her good look. Have you rambled through the brushwood, holding aside the branches, on account of the charming head which is coming on behind you?
  我非常喜欢玛丽，是因为她的人格，而不是她的姣容。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？
• 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。
• 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。
• The winter was coming, and the weather was getting even colder, the little ugly duck can only live in the brushwood alone.
  冬天来了，天气变得更冷了，可怜的丑小鸭只能孤单地生活在草丛里。
• It is akin to allowing occasional small forest fires to clear the brushwood, rather than extinguishing them and risking a huge conflagration.
  这类似于让偶然爆发的小规模森林火灾烧掉那些低矮的灌木丛，而不是将其扑灭，并甘冒酿成大火的风险。
• 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。
• They built a fire of brushwood.
  他们用灌木升起一个火堆。
• 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。