thicket
noun /ˈθɪkɪt/
/ˈθɪkɪt/
- a group of bushes or small trees growing closely together
灌木丛;树丛 - a dense thicket of bamboo
茂密的竹林
- a dense thicket of bamboo
- a large number of things that are not easy to understand or separate
错综复杂;盘根错节 - He spent the morning trying to work his way through a thicket of statistics.
他花了一上午的时间试图在错综复杂的统计数据中找到出路。
- He spent the morning trying to work his way through a thicket of statistics.
词源Old English thiccet (from thick and -et).