| 单词 | blanket bog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblanket bog blanket bog n. (esp. in Britain and Ireland) a type of bog or wetland formed in cool upland regions by water from rain, snow, or mist that is prevented by humid conditions from evaporating, and is characterized by the accumulation of peat over a wide area; an area or tract of such wetland. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] marsheOE fenc888 sladec893 moorOE mossOE marshlandlOE lay-fena1225 lay-mirea1225 moor-fenc1275 flosha1300 strother?a1300 marish1327 carrc1330 waterlanda1382 gaseync1400 quaba1425 paludec1425 mersec1440 sumpa1450 palus?1473 wash1483 morass1489 oozea1500 bog?a1513 danka1522 fell1538 soga1552 Camarine1576 gog1583 swale1584 sink1594 haga1600 mere1609 flata1616 swamp1624 pocosin1634 frogland1651 slash1652 poldera1669 savannah1671 pond-land1686 red bog1686 swang1691 slack1719 flowa1740 wetland1743 purgatory1760 curragh1780 squall1784 marais1793 vlei1793 muskeg1806 bog-pit1820 prairie1820 fenhood1834 pakihi1851 terai1852 sponge1856 takyr1864 boglet1869 sinkhole1885 grimpen1902 sphagnum bog1911 blanket bog1939 string bog1959 1937 H. Godwin in New Phytologist 36 436 I feel, however, that before long the distinctive categories of ‘blanket-bog’ or ‘raised-bog’ should be recognized in this country, the term ‘heather-moor’ or ‘cotton-grass moor’ is quite inadequate for them. 1939 A. G. Tansley Brit. Islands & their Vegetation xxxv. 714 The name ‘blanket bog’ was suggested (in 1935) for this kind of vegetation. 1987 New Scientist 8 Jan. 47/2 Like the raised bogs, the blanket bogs receive no ground water, being supplied only by the rain. 2005 Permaculture Mag. Winter 27/3 Moor tops are currently covered mainly by blanket bog. < as lemmas |
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