"shrub and small trees in a forest," 1775, from under + brush (n.2). Originally American English; compare undergrowth, attested in the same sense from 1600.
雙語例句
1. The trail was steep and thick with underbrush.
那條小路非常陡峭，而且長(zhǎng)滿了灌木叢。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place.
一束手電筒的光束在離他們的藏身之地只有幾碼遠(yuǎn)的灌木叢里搜尋著。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Inconspicuously, I edged along the baseball field, then slipped into underbrush.
我躲躲閃閃地沿著棒球場(chǎng)的邊緣向前走, 隨后又消消地溜進(jìn)了灌木叢.
來自辭典例句
4. Speckled quails rustled in the underbrush.
鵪鶉在矮樹叢里沙沙作響.
來自辭典例句
5. Scarlett's taut nerves almost cracked as a sudden noise sounded in the underbrush near them.