| 单词 | beaver meadow |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeaver meadow beaver meadow n. the rich, fertile tract of land left dry above a demolished beaver dam. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > reclaimed or improved land carrc1330 improvement1473 polder1602 dam1629 innam1662 inningsa1669 beaver meadow1784 slobland1843 polderland1849 bush burn1861 1784 M. Cutler Jrnl. 23 July in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) I. 100 A swamp, or beaver meadow, in which Ellis river takes its rise. 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 144 All these are found on the plains and beaver-meadows. 1836 C. P. Traill Backwoods of Canada 239. 1863 E. H. Walshe Cedar Creek xii. 92 Why is that green flat called a beaver meadow?.. Well, they say that long ago beavers dammed up the current in such places as this [etc.]. 1876 Fur, Fin & Feather Sept. 141 While walking through an old beaver meadow..he saw..that some large body was approaching him. < as lemmas |
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