单词 | thicket |
释义 | thicket['θikit]n. 丛林, 草丛 thicket thick.et AHD: [th¹k“¹t] D.J. [6G!k!t]K.K. [6G!k!t]n.(名词)1. A dense growth of shrubs or underbrush; a copse.密植矮树:密集生长的灌木或矮树;矮林2. Something suggestive of a dense growth of plants, as in impenetrability or thickness:错综复杂,盘根错节:使人联想到植物密集生长或不能透过的稠密的东西:“the thicket of unreality which stands between us and the facts of life”(&b{Daniel J. Boorstin})“在我们和生活的现实之间存在着无法穿越的虚幻”(丹尼尔J.布尔斯廷)语源:1. Old English thiccet 古英语 thiccet 2. from thicce [thick] * see thick 源自 thicce [厚的] *参见 thick |
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