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。
荆豆
荆豆属常绿灌木,生有棘刺、针状叶和黄色花朵。;桧
a very spiny, dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers, common throughout western Europe
荆豆属常绿灌木,生有棘刺、针状叶和黄色花朵。
An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers.
We had to push through the thick gorse to reach the beach.
我们不得不穿过茂密的荆豆丛才能到达海滩。
用法提示:这句中 gorse 是不可数名词,指带刺的常绿灌木荆豆。
Bright yellow gorse flowers cover the hillside in early summer.
初夏时节,明亮的黄色荆豆花覆盖着山坡。
用法提示:这句中 gorse 作定语修饰 flowers,表示荆豆这种植物。
The path was blocked by a dense patch of gorse, so we turned back.
小路被一片茂密的荆豆丛挡住了,于是我们折返。
用法提示:a patch of gorse 表示一片荆豆,体现 gorse 作为不可数名词的用法。
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 fragrant golden-yellow flowers.
荆豆有芳香的金黄色花朵。
与 gorse 含义相同,常见于英国西南部方言和文学语境;在美式英语中不如 gorse 常用。
与 gorse 同义,主要见于苏格兰和爱尔兰方言;需注意 whin 也可方言中表示“硬岩石”,应靠语境区分。
荆豆灌木
A gorse bush grows wild on the cliff.
一丛荆豆灌木野生在悬崖上。
一片荆豆丛
She hid behind a patch of gorse.
她躲在一丛荆豆后面。
荆豆灌丛
The hillside is covered with gorse scrub.
山坡上覆盖着荆豆灌丛。
荆豆花
The gorse flowers glow yellow in late spring.
暮春时节,荆豆花金黄夺目。
荆豆树篱
A gorse hedge separated the fields.
一道荆豆树篱把田隔开。
长满荆豆的斜坡
They walked up the gorse-covered slope.
他们沿着长满荆豆的斜坡走上去。
等到荆豆不开花的时候,接吻就不合时宜了。
In the English countryside, people still joke, “When the gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of season,” because the plant seems to flower almost all year round.
在英国乡间,人们仍会开玩笑说:“等到荆豆不开花的时候,接吻就不合时宜了”,因为这种植物几乎一年到头都开着花。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.