scrubby

英 [ˈskrʌbi]

美 [ˈskrʌbi]

adj.  长满灌木和矮树的; 灌木丛生的; 低矮的; 矮小的

比较级：scrubbier　

BNC.33508 / COCA.25188

牛津词典

adj.

• 长满灌木和矮树的；灌木丛生的
  covered with small bushes and trees
  1. a scrubby hillside
     灌木丛生的山坡
• 低矮的；矮小的
  small and not fully developed
  1. scrubby vegetation
     灌木植被

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (地表)崎岖干燥的,灌木丛生的
  Scrubbyland is rough and dry and covered with scrub.
  1. ...the hot, scrubby hills of western Eritrea.
     厄立特里亚西部酷热而且灌木丛生的丘陵地带

英英释义

adj

• inferior in size or quality
  1. scrawny cattle
  2. scrubby cut-over pine
  3. old stunted thorn trees
  Synonym:scrawnystunted
• sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush
  1. open scrubby woods
  Synonym:scrabbly

双语例句

• Extremely dangerous; most common in areas of scattered scrubby growth; from Mojave Desert to w. Texas and into Mexico.
  异常危险；在参差的丛林地区最为普遍；从莫哈韦沙漠到得克萨斯西部并进入墨西哥地区。
• Canopy interception of tree and shrub plantations in a farming-pastoral zone of Loess Plateau Bush fallow: Poor quality land covered with scrubBy vegetation.
  黄土高原农牧交错带人工乔灌木林冠截留灌木林修耕地，灌木林闲地：灌木丛生的劣质土地。
• He is a mild, bald, timid man with a shining head, and a scrubby clump of black hair sticking out at the back.
  他是个温和，胆小的人；他秃头顶，脑袋亮亮的，一撮乱蓬蓬的黑发在后面翘了起来。
• Small reddish-brown wallabies of scrubby areas of Australia and New Guinea.
  澳大利亚和新几内亚灌木丛生的地区中褐红色的小沙袋鼠。
• In the middle of a scrubby business park on the outskirts of Dublin, a hulking grey building has recently sprung up.
  在都柏林郊外一片灌木丛生的商业园区中央，一座庞大的灰色建筑最近拔地而起。
• She recalled thAT frequently AT recess she had taken Douglas, a scrubby forlorn child, by the hand.
  道格拉斯个头矮小，样子也不讨人喜欢，但老师在下课时总会过去牵牵他的手。
• In some of the grainy pictures, scrubby and deserted patches of creosote and mesquite sway in a gentle wind;
  透过这些镜头，可以看到低矮荒芜的斑状杂酚油和豆科灌木在风中摇摆；
• Scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms.
  一种似灌木状的澳大利亚金合欢树，开花时有极难闻的气味。
• Following into a hole of the base of some scrubby bushes, he started digging with a metal pole.
  接着在一片杂木丛生的灌木丛中发现了一个洞，他开始用金属棒往里捅。
• The Rate of Carbon Dioxide Release from Alpine Scrubby Meadow Soil Under Different Grazing Intensity
  放牧强度对高寒灌丛草甸土壤CO2释放速率的影响