"thicket" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 灌木叢
• 叢林

Definition

一羣灌木或小樹緊密生長，形成茂密、糾結的區域。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

多用於描寫自然中的灌木叢或密林，表示難以穿越。偶爾比喻複雜情況，如“法律叢林”。大部分為單數用法。

Examples

The fox ran into the thicket to hide.

狐狸跑進了**灌木叢**躲起來。

Birds live in the thicket behind my house.

鳥兒住在我家後面的**灌木叢**裡。

We couldn’t see the river because of the thick thicket.

因為茂密的**灌木叢**，我們看不到河流。

She disappeared into a thicket of brambles that no one dared to enter.

她消失在無人敢進的荊棘**灌木叢**裡。

Getting your ball out of that thicket is going to be tough.

要把你的球從那片**灌木叢**裡拿出來真不容易。

The law on this issue is a real thicket—it’s easy to get lost in all the details.

關於這個問題的法律是一個真正的**叢林**，很容易迷失在細節中。