maquis

maquis
[maˈkiː,法 maki]
(复同单)
  1. (the Maquis)the French resistance movement during the German occupation (1940–5)
    法国抗德运动(1940-1945)
    ■a member of this movement
    抗德游击队员
  2. [mass noun]dense scrub vegetation consisting of hardy evergreen shrubs and small trees, characteristic of coastal regions in the Mediterranean
    (地中海沿岸)灌木丛林地带
语源
  1. early 19th cent. (in sense 2): from French, brushwood', from Corsican Italian macchia
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