Severne used to enter this shrubbery by a little gate leading from the meadow, and wait under the trees till Zoe came to him. Vizard's advertisements alarmed him, and he used to see the coast clear before he entered the shrubbery, and also before he left it. He was so particular in this that, observing one day an old man doddering about with a basket, he would not go in till he had taken a look at him. He found it was an ancient white-haired villager gathering mushrooms. The old fellow was so stiff, and his hand so trembling, that it took him about a minute to gather a single fungus.英文原著 · 《A Woman-Hater》
"Shrubs!" said the Squire, laughing. "You don't call the peacock trees shrubs, do you? Fine tall trees--you ought to be proud of them."英文原著 · 《The Trees of Pride》
Thieves! Circassians!" . "I have a cold," I answered. "I am afraid of catching a chill."
They went away. I had gained no useful pur- pose by answering them: they would have been looking for me in the garden for another hour or so. Meanwhile the alarm became terrific. A Cossack galloped up from the fortress. The com- motion was general; Circassians were looked for in every shrub -- and of course none were found.英文原著 · 《A Hero of Our Time》
We'll make a night of it."
Mrs. Da Souza rose and swept from the room - Da Souza had fallen forward with his head upon his hands. He was only half sober, but the shock was working like madness in his brain. The two girls, after whispering together for a moment, rose and followed Mrs. Da Souza. Trent stole from his place and out into the garden. With footsteps which were steady enough now he crossed the velvety lawns, and plunged into the shrubbery. Then he began to laugh softly as he walked.英文原著 · 《A Millionaire of Yesterday》
To-morrow" - he looked hard at the place where she had sat - "to-morrow I will ask her!"
On his way back to the house a little cloaked figure stepped out from behind a shrub. He looked at her in amazement. It was the little brown girl, and her eyes were wet with tears. "Listen," she said quickly. "I have been waiting to speak to you! I want to say goodbye and to thank you. I am very, very sorry, and I hope that some day very soon you will make some more money and be happy again."
Her lips were quivering. A single glance into her face assured him of her honesty.英文原著 · 《A Millionaire of Yesterday》
As such, he found the atmosphere of the little room choking him, he drew open the French windows of his little study and strode out into the perfumed and sunlit morning. As such, he found himself face to face unexpectedly and without warning with the girl whom he had discovered sketching in the shrubbery the day before.英文原著 · 《A Millionaire of Yesterday》
New Debbie, grab some shrubs from outside the Citibank on 47th and just stick them anyplace you see dirt.美剧 · 《Shameless》
I'm like, "Bro, buy a couple shrubs, and raise the profile of the hood, why don't you?"美剧 · 《Shameless》
As a matter of idle curiosity, Which of your shrubberies do you feel Would benefit from a thorough vomiting?美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》