bushes

英 [ˈbʊʃɪz]

美 [ˈbʊʃəz]

n.  灌木; 灌木状的东西(尤指浓密的毛发或皮毛); (尤指非洲和澳大利亚的)荒野; (新西兰未被砍伐的)林区
bush的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 灌木；灌木丛
  Abushis a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.
  1. Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.
     树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。
• N-SING （热带国家未开发的）荒野地带，丛林地带
  The wild, uncultivated parts of some hot countries are referred to asthe bush.
  1. They walked through the dense Mozambican bush for thirty six hours...
     他们花了36个小时穿过茂密的莫桑比克丛林。
  2. The jeep was found lying in thick bush.
     人们发现吉普车翻倒在一处茂密的丛林里。
• PHRASE 拐弯抹角；旁敲侧击
  If you tell someone not tobeat about the bush, you mean that you want them to tell you something immediately and quickly, rather than in a complicated, indirect way.
  1. Stop beating about the bush. What's he done?
     别再拐弯抹角了，他到底干了什么？

双语例句

• The bird-watchers crept about in the bushes
  观鸟者在灌木丛中蹑手蹑脚地走来走去。
• Farther away, there are some small bushes and cactus.
  在远一点，有了小灌木和仙人掌。
• We planted trees and bushes in our new garden.
  我们在新花园里种了树和灌木。
• She clawed at the bushes to disentangle herself
  她向灌木丛抓去，想脱身出来。
• We were crouching in the bushes
  我们蹲在树丛里。
• Trees and bushes grew down to the water's edge.
  树和灌木丛一直长到了水边。
• tufts of wool torn from sheep by bushes and brambles.
  被矮丛林与荆棘粘下来的簇簇羊毛
• The bushes may have died back in this cold autumn, but they will grow again next spring.
  在这寒冷的秋天，灌木可能会枯死，但明年春天还会生长起来。
• Woosnam sliced his drive into the bushes.
  伍斯纳姆的开杆球打进了灌木丛中。
• The gardener cut back all the bushes.
  园工把所有的灌木丛都剪短了。