undergrowth

英 [ˈʌn.də.ɡrəʊθ]      美 [ˈʌn.dɚ.ɡroʊθ]
  • n. 发育不全;生长在大树下的灌木;动物身上长在长毛下面的浓密绒毛
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undergrowth (n.)
"shrubs or small trees growing amid larger ones," c. 1600, from under + growth.
1. I heard them coming, crashing through the undergrowth, before I saw them.
还没看到他们,我便听到他们穿过矮树丛过来的声音。
2. The bushfire actually helped to burn off a lot of dead undergrowth.
林区大火实际上有助于清除很多枯死的矮灌木。
3. We had to bushwhack through undergrowth.
我们只好在灌木丛中劈开一条路。
4. The tiger prowled through the undergrowth.
老虎悄然穿过矮树丛。
5. They used their knives to clear a path through the dense undergrowth.
他们用刀在浓密的灌木丛中劈开一条小路。