| 释义 |
spinney /ˈspɪni /noun (plural spinneys) BritishA small area of trees and bushes.And think of the features that make our landscape so gorgeously English: the hedgerows, drystone walls and the shady copses and spinneys punctuating the expanses of green....- To the back of the house is a wood, parkland and spinney.
- My mum and dad sold the old farmhouse to a young, retired businessman from the South, and built a new home in the old spinney.
Origin Late 16th century: shortening of Old French espinei, from an alteration of Latin spinetum 'thicket', from spina 'thorn'. Rhymes blini, cine, Finney, finny, Ginny, guinea, hinny, mini, Minnie, ninny, pinny, Pliny, shinny, skinny, tinny, whinny |