densely
adverb uk/ˈdens.li/ us/ˈdens.li/
B2 密集地
with a lot of things close together
England was once a densely wooded country (= a lot of trees grew close together there). 英格兰曾经林木茂密。
Mexico City is one of the most densely populated cities in the world (= a lot of people live close together there). 墨西哥城是世界上人口密度最大的城市之一。
His books tend to be densely written (= contain a lot of information and ideas and are difficult to understand). 他的书往往内容庞杂、晦涩难懂。
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- The garden is very densely planted, leaving little opportunity for weeds to get established.
- The foot soldiers stood in densely packed rows.
- This was the most densely occupied area of the country during that period.
- The fur grows very densely, keeping the animal's skin dry and largely insect-free.
- From the plane we could see the plains below, densely covered with zebra, wildebeest and antelope.