brushwood

英 [ˈbrʌʃwʊd]

美 [ˈbrʌʃwʊd]

n.  (常指当柴火用的)断树枝，枯树枝

BNC.34816 / COCA.42597

牛津词典

noun

• （常指当柴火用的）断树枝，枯树枝
  small broken or dead branches of trees, often used to make fires

柯林斯词典

• 断树枝；枯树枝
  Brushwoodconsists of small pieces of wood that have broken off trees and bushes.

英英释义

noun

• a dense growth of bushes
  Synonym:brushcoppicecopsethicket
• the wood from bushes or small branches
  1. they built a fire of brushwood

双语例句

• Mosq-ovitraps were set under the trees, flowers or brushwood in the field for2,3,4 and7days, for temporal analysis;
  将诱蚊诱卵器按野外监测方法布放，并分别在布放的第2、3、4和7天检查诱蚊诱卵阳性数；
• And patches of Blackness where the woodmen had Burned the Brushwood and rubBish.
  还有几处乌黑的地方，那是樵夫们焚烧树枝乱草和废物过后的痕迹。
• They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.
  在草丛之中采咸草，罗腾（小树名，松类）的根为他们的食物。
• You'll go gather the brushwood over there.
  你们到那边去采集柴枝。
• Small flames stirred at the bole of a tree and crawled away through leaves and brushwood, dividing and increasing.
  小小的火苗在一株树干上颤动着，又悄悄地爬过簇叶和灌丛蔓延开去，火势在不断增强。
• And lifting up his eyes, Abraham saw a sheep fixed by its horns in the brushwood: and Abraham took the sheep and made a burned offering of it in place of his son.
  亚伯拉罕举目观看，不料，有一只公羊，两角扣在稠密的小树中，亚伯拉罕就取了那只公羊来，献为燔祭，代替他的儿子。
• Two or three hours later, Boulatruelle had seen this person emerge from the brushwood, carrying no longer the coffer, but a shovel and pick.
  两三个钟头过后，蒲辣秃柳儿看见他那老相知又从树丛里出来，可是他现在掮的不是那只小箱，而是一把镐和一把锹。
• Your servant's heart is revealed in little acts that others don't think of doing, as when Paul gathered brushwood for a fire to warm everyone after a shipwreck.
  仆人的心志常在没有人想做的小事上显明出来。正如保罗在沉船后去拾柴生火，让众人取暖。
• The winter was coming, and the weather was getting even colder, the little ugly duck can only live in the brushwood alone.
  冬天来了，天气变得更冷了，可怜的丑小鸭只能孤单地生活在草丛里。
• A dog barks at the brushwood gate,| as someone heads home this windy, snowy night.
  柴门闻犬吠，风雪夜归人。（刘长卿《逢雪宿芙蓉山主人》）