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

• We were crouching in the bushes
  我们蹲在树丛里。
• The spade sank into a clump of overgrown bushes.
  铲子插入了一丛长势旺盛的灌木丛。
• 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。
• No garden is complete without a bed of rose bushes.
  没有玫瑰花圃的花园是不完整的。
• The yard held a few straggly bushes.
  庭院里有几处蔓生的灌木丛。
• These two bushes can grow together, they like the same kind of soil.
  这两种灌木可种植在一起，它们适于同一类土壤。
• 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。
• Don't worry about cutting the rose bushes severely, they always grow back, stronger and healthier than ever.
  不必担心把玫瑰花丛剪得太厉害，花丛还会长起来的，而且会更加茂盛。
• I probed around for some time in the bushes.
  我在矮树丛里四处搜寻了一段时间。
• The children enjoyed hiding in the bushes.
  孩子们喜欢隐藏在灌木丛中。