| 单词 | oxbow lake |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoxbow lake oxbow lake n. originally U.S. a curved lake of standing water formed from an oxbow (sense 2a) when the main stream of the river cuts across the narrow neck of land and the resulting change in flow causes the adjacent parts of the curve to become silted up. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] > other types pene-lake1668 salina1697 slough1714 salt lake1763 bayou1766 lagoon1769 cut-off1773 prairie1820 maar1826 boating lake1834 serpentine1837 soda lake1839 bitter lake1843 stream-lake1867 shott1878 crater-lake1879 playa1885 oxbow lake1887 kettle-hole lake1902 mortlake1902 oxbow1902 seepage lake1934 paternoster lake1942 soda pan1976 1843 C. F. Hoffman Wild Scenes in Forest & Prairie I. 180 These wanderers had encamped upon the sandbeach of Tseka, about a gunshot from the cove where the inlet of Oxbow Lake flows from it into the swamp that lies between them.] 1887 Science 16 Sept. 142/1 The third [heading] contained the greatest number of varieties, such as lakes held by lava, ice, and drift barriers, delta and ox-bow lakes, and some others. 1992 T. Pow In Palace of Serpents (BNC) 66 The forest opened at Laguna Chica, a perfect oxbow lake. < as lemmas |
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