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词汇 boscage
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Definition of boscage in English:

boscage

(also boskage)
noun ˈbɒskɪdʒˈbɑskɪdʒ
mass noun
  • A mass of trees or shrubs.

    矮树林,树丛,灌木丛

    the view from the house is obscured by boscage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.
    • The House with the Renaissance boscage portal is connected with the birth of the Pilsen's beer fame.
    • ‘There is more fun at Corke Lodge’ writes Jane Powers, The Irish Times, where ‘the "ancient garden" of box parterres is punctuated by melancholy gothic follies, and emerges eerily from the dense boskage of evergreen oaks, myrtles, and a writhing cork oak tree with deeply corrugated bark.’
    • Charles and Sebastian form a strong attachment and probably - although the relationship is kept behind its own screen of boskage in both the book and the series - become lovers.
    • The Men issue out of one side of the boscage, and the Women from the other.
    • Mike Downey and with contract forester Joseph Zorzin of Peru, Rausch and the Gould Farm staff and guests have achieved what the foresters consider an ideal boscage.
    • A French concept, the boscage allowed ladies to walk in the heat of the day under the cool shade of the trees.
    • This struggle would pit the Americans against the Germans from the beaches and boscage of Normandy to the Ardennes and beyond.
    • Desert terrain, boscage and fields in Normandy, destroyed urban centers, a naval facility in Norway, and other locations will be presented to the player throughout the course of the game.
    Synonyms
    forest, woodland, trees

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bush1. Compare with bocage.

Definition of boscage in US English:

boscage

(also boskage)
nounˈbäskijˈbɑskɪdʒ
  • Massed trees or shrubs.

    矮树林,树丛,灌木丛

    the lush subtropical boscage
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.
    • The Men issue out of one side of the boscage, and the Women from the other.
    • The House with the Renaissance boscage portal is connected with the birth of the Pilsen's beer fame.
    • Desert terrain, boscage and fields in Normandy, destroyed urban centers, a naval facility in Norway, and other locations will be presented to the player throughout the course of the game.
    • Charles and Sebastian form a strong attachment and probably - although the relationship is kept behind its own screen of boskage in both the book and the series - become lovers.
    • ‘There is more fun at Corke Lodge’ writes Jane Powers, The Irish Times, where ‘the "ancient garden" of box parterres is punctuated by melancholy gothic follies, and emerges eerily from the dense boskage of evergreen oaks, myrtles, and a writhing cork oak tree with deeply corrugated bark.’
    • Mike Downey and with contract forester Joseph Zorzin of Peru, Rausch and the Gould Farm staff and guests have achieved what the foresters consider an ideal boscage.
    • This struggle would pit the Americans against the Germans from the beaches and boscage of Normandy to the Ardennes and beyond.
    • A French concept, the boscage allowed ladies to walk in the heat of the day under the cool shade of the trees.
    Synonyms
    forest, woodland, trees

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French; ultimately of Germanic origin and related to bush. Compare with bocage.

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