Word · Frequency #27485
coppices
矮林；萌生林；灌木丛
coppices is the plural of coppice.
a dense growth of small trees or bushes, especially a thicket or woodland managed by cutting for fuel or timber
- 1.
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.
萌生林；矮林；定期砍伐以获取燃料或木材的林地,通常通过管理促进生长以确保可持续供应。
- 2.
a dense growth of bushes
灌木丛
萌生林；矮林；定期砍伐以获取燃料或木材的林地,通常通过管理促进生长以确保可持续供应。；灌木丛；矮林
In use
The old farmer walked through the coppice to check on the young trees.
Rabbits often hide in the thick coppice at the edge of the field.
Several species of birds nest in the coppices along the riverbank.
a coppice of [trees/plants]
We walked through a coppice of birch trees.
我们穿过一片白桦矮林。
in the coppice
Birds were singing in the coppice.
鸟儿在矮林中歌唱。
[verb] the coppice
They cleared the coppice to make a path.
Connections
Collocations
- coppice woodland
- 矮林；萌生林
- The estate includes areas of ancient coppice woodland.该庄园包括一些古老的矮林地区。
- coppice management
- 矮林管理；萌生林经营
- Traditional coppice management encourages new shoots to regrow.传统的矮林管理促进新芽再生。
- coppice with standards
- 中林作业（矮林与标准木混生）
- The wood is managed as coppice with standards to provide both fuel and timber.这片林地按中林作业方式管理，以同时提供燃料和木材。
- coppice shoot
- 萌生枝条；矮林新枝
- Deer often browse on tender coppice shoots.鹿常常啃食幼嫩的萌生枝条。
- coppice stool
- 萌生桩；矮林根桩
- A mature coppice stool can produce many stems.成熟的萌生桩可以萌发出许多茎干。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 coppice 近音记成“拷皮”：想象定期“拷”打剥“皮”的矮树，砍后还能再长，就成了矮林/萌生林。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：forestry、woodland management、nature writing coppice 多用于林业或林地管理语境，也可出现在乡村自然景物的书面描写中；日常口语中不算高频，通常较为正式/书面。
Grammar Note
可数名词，复数形式为coppices
Pronunciation & Spelling
There is no common English word that rhymes exactly with coppice. Copse shares the stressed sound /kɒp/ but has only one syllable. Office shares the same stressed vowel /ɒ/ and the same unstressed ending /ɪs/, but the consonant before the ending differs. Notice and practice only share the -ice spelling, not the vowel sound; spice sounds completely different (/aɪs/).
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.