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单词 thicket
释义 thick·et
\ˈthikə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: from (assumed) Middle English thikket, from Old English thiccet, from thicce, adjective, thick
1. : a dense and usually circumscribed growth of shrubbery or small trees : coppice
 < thickets of sumac, blackberries, and poison ivy — Nathaniel Burt >
2. : something likened to a thicket for density or impenetrability : tangle
 < the myriad thickets and morasses of superstition — Alan Gregg >
 < ghost-written sources have built an impenetrable thicket around the truth — E.R.May >
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