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coppice

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cop·pice1 /ˈkɒpɪs $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]  a copse 矮树丛,灌木丛,小树林
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coppiceThe second crop was of underwood and coppice, with felling taking place at intervals of seven years or so.Yet until the 1950s most had been managed as coppice since Norman times.Much Wealden woodland has been managed as coppice, often in combination with standard trees, principally oak.The rows of hazel coppice emphasised the atmosphere of decay.The hazel coppices are particularly favoured by the large Sussex Nightingale population.Growing alternative crops such as short rotation coppice as energy crops and fibre crops such as flax and hemp showed promise.There was a scuffle, and then a woman's giggle, among the undergrowth toward the centre of the small coppice.Give them time, and the rest of the coppice wood would also find a good home.
coppice2 verb [transitive]  to cut a tree down so that useful new wood will grow from the bottom 修剪〔树木〕以助长→ See Verb table
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coppice
I
coppice1 /ˈkɒpəs, ˈkɒpɪs $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [countable]
a copse

II
coppice2 verb [transitive]
to cut a tree down so that useful new wood will grow from the bottom

III
copse /kɒps $ kɑːps/ (also coppice) noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: coppice 'copse' (14-21 centuries), from Old French copeiz, from couper 'to cut' ( cope1); because a copse is formed by regular cutting
a group of trees or bushes growing close together


cop·piceBrE /ˈkɒpɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪs/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they coppice BrE /ˈkɒpɪs/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪs/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it coppices BrE /ˈkɒpɪsɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪsɪz/ 🔊past simple coppiced BrE /ˈkɒpɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪst/ 🔊past participle coppiced BrE /ˈkɒpɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪst/ 🔊 -ing form coppicing BrE /ˈkɒpɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) (specialist) to cut back young trees in order to make them grow faster 修剪(小树)以助长
cop·piceBrE /ˈkɒpɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkɑːpɪs/ 🔊 noun = copse