coppice英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.

— […]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]

动词 v.

To manage (a wooded area) sustainably, as a coppice, by periodically cutting back woody plants to promote new growth. transitive

— Her plan to coppice the woods should keep her self-sufficient in fuel indefinitely.
To sprout from the stump. intransitive

— Few conifer species can coppice.

词形变化

coppices plural coppis alternative,obsolete coppices present,singular,third-person coppicing participle,present coppiced participle,past coppiced past coppis alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

coppicer recoppice

词源

词源 1

From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”).

词源 2

From Middle English copies, from Old French copeiz (“a cut-over forest”), from presumed Vulgar Latin *colpaticium (“having the quality of being cut”), from *colpāre (“to cut, strike”), from *colpus (“a blow”), from Latin colaphus (“a cuff, box on the ear”), from Ancient Greek κόλαφος (kólaphos, “a blow, slap”).