thicket

英 [ˈθɪkɪt]

美 [ˈθɪkɪt]

n. 灌木丛; 树丛; 错综复杂; 盘根错节

复数：thickets　

Collins.1 / BNC.15392 / COCA.11043

牛津词典

noun

N-COUNT 小树丛;灌木丛
Athicketis a small group of trees or bushes which are growing closely together.
1. ...a bamboo thicket.
  竹丛
N-COUNT 乱糟糟的一团(思想、事件)
If you refer to athicket ofideas or events, you mean that there a lot of them together, and often that they are confusing or difficult to identify.
1. The novel is a thicket of literary references...
  这本小说纯粹是由一堆文学参考书胡乱拼凑而成。
2. To try to open a foreign-owned business is to enter a thicket of regulations from which few emerge.
  要开一家外资企业就要钻条条框框，没几个出来的。

noun

Who knows, maybe the ball that vanished into childhood's thicket?
我猜，她找到的可能是他幼年在灌木丛中玩耍时弄丢的小皮球。
To try to open a foreign-owned business is to enter a thicket of regulations from which few emerge.
要开一家外资企业就要钻条条框框，没几个出来的。
Listen to the wail of the shepherds; their rich pastures are destroyed! Listen to the roar of the lions; the lush thicket of the Jordan is ruined!
听阿、有牧人哀号的声音、因他们荣华的草场毁坏了。有少壮狮子咆哮的声音、因约但河旁的丛林荒废了。
The fox hid in the thicket where the dogs could not reach it.
狐狸躲进了狗抓不到它的灌木丛中。
I make out a bamboo thicket over there.
我隐约看见那边有一片竹林。
A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.
丛林是动物的良好隐蔽处。
The Parsee jumped to the ground, fastened the elephant to a tree, and plunged into the thicket.
帕西人跳下象来，把象拴在树干上，钻入那茂密的灌木丛里。
The novel is a thicket of literary references
这本小说纯粹是由一堆文学参考书胡乱拼凑而成。
And the birds will be nesting in the hazel thicket.
鸟儿也会在榛树上筑巢。
One day he was fishing with another boy when a gamekeeper suddenly darted forth from a thicket.
有一天他正和另一个男孩在那边钓鱼，突然从灌木丛里窜出一个看守。