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单词 mud-land
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mud-landn.

Brit. /ˈmʌdland/, U.S. /ˈmədˌlænd/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mud n.1, land n.1
Etymology: < mud n.1 + land n.1
= mudflat n. Usually in plural.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > marsh in river-mouth
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1791 W. Gilpin Remarks Forest Scenery II. 158 Its banks..are covered, like the other mud-lands of this country, with sea-grass, which gives them the air of meadows when the tide retires.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 487 Mud-lands, the extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths.
1899 Daily News 8 Apr. 5/3 Portsmouth Harbour and the mudland in proximity.
1927 Daily Tel. 22 Nov. 14/1 This scheme..involves the reclamation of over 400 acres of mudland.
2000 Irish Voice (Nexis) 28 Nov. 4 They meet at the Forty Foot and plan an epic swim to the mud-lands off Dalkey Island.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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