| 释义 |
gilgai Austral.|ˈgɪlgaɪ|
Also ghilgai, gilgie, gilguy.
[Native name.]
A saucer-like depression forming a natural reservoir for rainwater. Also attrib.
1898Mrs. K. L. Parker More Austral. Legendary Tales 7 A..shower fell,..filling the gilguy holes on the plain. 1898Morris Austral Eng. 160/1 Ghilgais vary from 20 to 100 yards in diameter, and are from five to ten feet deep. 1930V. Palmer Men are Human v. 41 They watched the gilgais turn to mud on the blacksoil plains. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 28 June 20/3 They found the old girl bogged to the belly in a gilgai. 1959A. Upfield Bony & Black Virgin xv. 135 Bony was led to a gilgie hole amid the scrub trees. |