| 释义 |
‖ oued|wɛd|
Also ouad.
[Fr. rendering of Arabic wādī wadi, wady.]
= wadi, wady.
Usu. used only in contexts relating to those territories in N. Africa which were formerly under French control.
1854J. R. Morell Algeria vii. 121 The Ouad-Foddah, or river of silver, has its rise in a high rugged mountain. 1874Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXX. 117 Lignite occurs..at El Kheicha on the banks of the Oued M'Zi, a branch of the L'Aghouat river. 1883Encycl. Brit. XV. 608/1 Mascara, a fortified town of Algeria..occupies two small hills separated by the Oued Toudman. 1920Glasgow Herald 27 Nov. 4 For an hour we followed the course of the oued (or river). 1965Mountjoy & Embleton Africa iv. 180 A large number of small oueds descend from the mountains and water this immediate piedmont zone. |