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Thicket N Count 英[ˈθɪkɪt 美[ˈθɪkɪt N.灌木丛;丛状物;错综复杂 小树丛;灌木丛 Small Group

单词 thicket
音标
英[ˈθɪkɪt] 美[ˈθɪkɪt]
解释
n.灌木丛;丛状物;错综复杂;
例句

N-COUNT
小树丛;灌木丛
A thicket is a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together.
例:...a bamboo thicket.竹丛

N-COUNT
乱糟糟的一团(思想、事件)
If you refer to a thicket of ideas or events, you mean that there a lot of them together, and often that they are confusing or difficult to identify.
例:The novel is a thicket of literary references...这本小说纯粹是由一堆文学参考书胡乱拼凑而成。
例:To try to open a foreign-owned business is to enter a thicket of regulations from which few emerge.要开一家外资企业就要钻条条框框,没几个出来的。
变形
pl:thickets~

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