coppice

verb

/ˈkɒpɪs/

/ˈkɑːpɪs/

[transitive, intransitive] (specialist)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they coppice	/ˈkɒpɪs/ /ˈkɑːpɪs/
he / she / it coppices	/ˈkɒpɪsɪz/ /ˈkɑːpɪsɪz/
past simple coppiced	/ˈkɒpɪst/ /ˈkɑːpɪst/
past participle coppiced	/ˈkɒpɪst/ /ˈkɑːpɪst/
-ing form coppicing	/ˈkɒpɪsɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːpɪsɪŋ/

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coppice (something) to cut back young trees in order to make them grow faster修剪（小树）以助长
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’. Compare with copse.

noun

/ˈkɒpɪs/

/ˈkɑːpɪs/

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a wood where the young trees are regularly cut back in order to make them grow faster and to provide wood for fires or building 修剪（小树）以助长
- Coppices of oak were cultivated.种植了橡树林。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French copeiz, based on medieval Latin colpus ‘a blow’ from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’. Compare with copse.

BNC: 27485 COCA: 0

coppice

Forests and caring for forests and trees: afforestation, arboretum, arboriculture...

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