thicket

英 [ˈθɪkɪt]

美 [ˈθɪkɪt]

n. 灌木丛; 树丛; 错综复杂; 盘根错节

复数：thickets　

Collins.1 / BNC.15392 / COCA.11043

牛津词典

noun

N-COUNT 小树丛;灌木丛
Athicketis a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together.
1. ...a bamboo thicket.
  竹丛
N-COUNT 乱糟糟的一团(思想、事件)
If you refer to athicket ofideas or events, you mean that there a lot of them together, and often that they are confusing or difficult to identify.
1. 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。
2. 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。

noun

An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.
一顶橄榄色帐篷扎在树丛当中。
And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket.
鸟儿也会在榛树上筑巢。
He had flung away his hat in the thicket, a few paces distant.
他的帽子落在几步外的乱草中。
The fox betook herself to the thicket.
那只孤狸逃进了灌木丛。
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。
Owl Wing Thicket Digsite.
枭翼树丛挖掘场。
This thicket of roses had a variety of colours, such as red, yellow and white.
这从玫瑰花有各种各样的颜色，比如：红色，黄色和白色。
One day he was fishing with another boy when a gamekeeper suddenly darted forth from a thicket.
有一天他正和另一个男孩在那边钓鱼，突然从灌木丛里窜出一个看守。
We crawled into the thicket and hid.
我们爬进灌木丛，躲了起来。
The Parsee jumped to the ground, fastened the elephant to a tree, and plunged into the thicket.
帕西人跳下象来，把象拴在树干上，钻入那茂密的灌木丛里。