shrubs

in Vietnamese Cây bụi, cây cỏ

BrE /ʃrʌbz/ AmE /ʃrʌbz/

noun en → vi

1 PLANT [plural] B1

Cây bụi, cây cỏ

a small plant with many branches that is smaller than a tree and does not have a single main stem

  • plant shrubs in the garden

Collocations garden shrubs · flowering shrubs

  • The gardener planted some new shrubs.

    Người làm vườn đã trồng một số cây bụi mới.

2 DEFENSE [singular] C1

Tường rào bằng cây bụi

a barrier made of bushes or small trees, used to protect an area from attack or view

  • build a shrubbery

Collocations shrubbery along the border · shrubbery for privacy

  • They built a thick shrubbery around their property.

    Họ đã xây dựng một hàng rào cây bụi dày quanh khu đất của mình.