"close-set growth of shrubs, bushes, trees, etc.," late Old English ticcet, from ticce (see thick) + denominative suffix -et. Absent in Middle English, reappearing early 16c., perhaps a dialectal survival or a re-formation.
例文
1. An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.
オリーブ色のテントが木立の中に刺さっている。
2.The novel is a thicket of literary references.
この小説は純粋に文学参考書の山がむやみに寄せ集められている。
3.A thicket makes good cover for animals to hide in.
ジャングルは動物の良い隠れ家です。
4.He hid in a thicket .
彼は茂みに隠れていた.
5.The fox hid in the thicket where the dogs could not reach it.