tussock

基本解釋

And the tussock-grass steppe is the most typical.
其中叢生禾草草原最具代表性。
But in the south, the windswept uplands studded with tussock which ascend slowly into the foothills of the Andes, the endless plains of Patagonia, attracted more than their share of English.
但在南部，勁風(fēng)吹過的高地佈滿緩緩曏上延伸到安第斯山麓的草叢，還有那遼濶的巴塔哥尼亞平原，吸引了大批英國血統(tǒng)的移民在此駐足。
He hid inside a tussock of oat grass and watched as the fine thatched house rose up beside the water-hole.
他眼看著一座寬敞明亮的房子在水塘邊上拔地而起。
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A tussock is a small piece of grass which is much longer and thicker than the grass around it.