underbrush

名词 underbrush:

1. the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
   同义词：undergrowth, underwood

1. They tried to clear a path through the underbrush.
   他们试图从灌木丛中开辟出一条小路。
2. There is still underbrush in the desert.
   沙漠中仍有丛林。