chaparral
chaparral 英 [,ʃæpə'ræl;,tʃ-] 美 [,ʃæpə'ræl]
n. 丛林；茂密的树丛
名词复数:chaparrals
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- n. 丛林；茂密的树丛
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1. It’s a sign that what probably ignited the houses was not burning trees or chaparral; instead, the houses touched off one another as embers blew like wind-borne viruses.
由此可见，房子失火并不可能由燃烧的树木或灌木丛造成，而是由余烬引起。
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2. Below, on the mountain's lee side, trees and shrubs from all parts of the world spread down the hillside to a landscape of casuarina trees―ironwood, or she-oak―and thorny chaparral around its base.
在山顶下面的背风坡面上，可以看到来自世界各地的乔木和灌木自上而下一直延伸到山脚，山脚附近是一处由木麻黄属的各种常绿乔木所构成的景观，可以看到铁木、澳洲木麻黄和多刺的北美灌木丛。
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3. All it then takes is a spark from an arcing electricity cable to ignite grassy kindling and waxy chaparral .
这时只要从跳火的电缆线中漏出一个小火星，被草覆盖的火柴和生机勃勃的灌木丛便会烧起来。
- chaparral (n.) "dense, low shrub thicket," 1850, American English, from Spanish chaparro "evergreen oak," perhaps from Basque txapar "little thicket," diminutive of sapar "heath, thicket."
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