Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #15392
Fully loadedthickets
灌木丛；树丛
thickets is the plural of thicket.
a dense growth of bushes
- 1.
A dense, but generally small, growth of shrubs, bushes or small trees; a copse.
灌木丛；小树丛
- 2.
a dense growth of bushes
灌木丛
- 3.
A dense aggregation of other things, concrete or abstract.
密集的一堆(具体或抽象事物)
- 4.
The collection of many small linked files created when a document is saved in HTML format by some word processors and web site creation software.
某些文字处理和网页制作软件以HTML格式保存文档时生成的许多相互链接的小文件集合
灌木丛；小树丛；灌木丛；密集的一堆(具体或抽象事物)；某些文字处理和网页制作软件以HTML格式保存文档时生成的许多相互链接的小文件集合；丛林
In use
We pushed through the thicket to reach the old stone wall.
A rabbit disappeared into the thicket at the edge of the field.
The path was blocked by a thicket of brambles and wild roses.
a thicket of [plural noun]
表示某物构成的稠密丛生。
A thicket of wild roses grew along the fence.
一丛野玫瑰沿着篱笆生长。
into a thicket
The rabbit darted into a thicket.
兔子冲进了灌木丛。
through the thicket
We had to crawl through the thicket to reach the clearing.
Connections
Collocations
- dense thicket
- 茂密的灌木丛
- A dense thicket of honeysuckle had taken over the corner of the garden.一丛茂密的金银花灌木丛占据了花园的一角。
- thorny thicket
- 多刺的灌木丛
- The rabbit darted into a thorny thicket to escape the dog.兔子冲进多刺的灌木丛以躲避狗。
- push through a thicket
- 穿过灌木丛
- We had to push through a thicket to reach the stream.我们不得不穿过灌木丛才能到达小溪。
- thicket of trees
- 树丛
- The house was surrounded by a thicket of young trees.房子四周环绕着一片小树丛。
- thicket of regulations
- 错综复杂的规章制度
- New businesses often find themselves lost in a thicket of regulations.新企业常常发现自己迷失在错综复杂的规章制度之中。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
thicket 以 thick（密）开头，想象一片密密麻麻的灌木丛，密得让人钻不进去。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：自然描写、日常描述、文学作品 thicket 多用于指灌木或小树丛生的密丛，通常在自然描写、日常叙述和文学作品中都比较常见，语气偏向中性，不算特别正式或口语化。
Pronunciation & Spelling
thicket /ˈθɪkɪt/ 与 ticket、picket、wicket、cricket 都以 /ɪkɪt/ 结尾，重音在第一音节，押韵。注意 packet /ˈpækɪt/ 和 racket /ˈrækɪt/ 拼写相似，但元音是 /æ/，不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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