"thicket" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 灌木丛
• 丛林

Definition

一群灌木或小树紧密生长，形成茂密、纠结的区域。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

多用于描述自然中的灌木丛或密林，暗示难以穿越。偶尔用比喻描述复杂局面，如“法规丛林”。通常用单数。

Examples

The fox ran into the thicket to hide.

狐狸跑进了**灌木丛**躲起来。

Birds live in the thicket behind my house.

鸟儿住在我家后面的**灌木丛**里。

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

因为茂密的**灌木丛**，我们看不到河流。

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

她消失在无人敢进的荆棘**灌木丛**里。

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

要把你的球从那片**灌木丛**里拿出来真不容易。

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

关于这个问题的法律是个真正的**丛林**，非常容易迷失在细节中。