(尤指果园或树木较为密集的一小片)树林;树丛;小树林。常见搭配:a grove of olive trees(橄榄树林)、orange grove(柑橘园)。
/ɡroʊv/
We had a picnic in a small grove near the river.
我们在河边的一片小树林里野餐。
Beyond the grove, the path narrowed and disappeared into the mist, as if the trees were guarding a quiet secret.
穿过那片树林后,小路变窄并消失在雾中,仿佛树木在守护一个安静的秘密。
“grove”源自古英语,原意与“挖掘、清理出一片地”有关,后来逐渐指“清理出来、长着树的一小片地方”,语义稳定为“小树林/树丛”。