Word · Frequency #21273
gorse
荆豆
a very spiny, dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers, common throughout western Europe
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An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
荆豆属常绿灌木,生有棘刺、针状叶和黄色花朵。
荆豆属常绿灌木,生有棘刺、针状叶和黄色花朵。；桧
In use
We had to push through the thick gorse to reach the beach.
Bright yellow gorse flowers cover the hillside in early summer.
The path was blocked by a dense patch of gorse, so we turned back.
gorse is common in [place]
复数形式为 gorses。
Gorse is common throughout western Europe.
荆豆在整个西欧都很常见。
gorse has [feature]
Gorse has fragrant golden-yellow flowers.
荆豆有芳香的金黄色花朵。
Connections
Collocations
- gorse bush
- 荆豆灌木
- A gorse bush grows wild on the cliff.一丛荆豆灌木野生在悬崖上。
- patch of gorse
- 一片荆豆丛
- She hid behind a patch of gorse.她躲在一丛荆豆后面。
- gorse scrub
- 荆豆灌丛
- The hillside is covered with gorse scrub.山坡上覆盖着荆豆灌丛。
- gorse flowers
- 荆豆花
- The gorse flowers glow yellow in late spring.暮春时节，荆豆花金黄夺目。
- gorse hedge
- 荆豆树篱
- A gorse hedge separated the fields.一道荆豆树篱把田隔开。
- gorse-covered slope
- 长满荆豆的斜坡
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 gore（刺伤）加个 s：荆豆满身尖刺，能刺伤人。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：botanical reference works、nature writing and rural descriptions、ordinary conversation about landscapes “gorse”是普通植物名称，通常用于动植物志、乡村自然描写或日常谈论户外观景的场合；该词本身没有强烈的正式或非正式色彩。
Grammar Note
复数形式为 gorses。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Horse, coarse, course, force, and source rhyme with gorse (all end with /ɔːs/). Note that worse looks similar (spelled -orse) but is pronounced /wɜːs/, so it does not rhyme.
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