单词 | swamp land |
释义 | > as lemmasswamp land swamp land n. Π 1662 in Connecticut Hist. Soc. Coll. (1912) XIV. 433 One Parcel of land..being Swamp land. 1701 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1894) V. 125 A Certaine ffarme or tract of land consisting of upland swampe land & Meadow land. 1765 R. Rogers Conc. Acct. N. Amer. 138 The swamp-lands are covered with cyprus, or reeds. 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 95 A vast body of rich swamp land, fit for the growth of Rice. 1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States ii. 151 The value of the swamp land varies with the wood upon it. 1874 2nd Rep. Vermont Board Agric. 550 Now one hundred acres of what was swamp land can be mowed with a machine. 1908 S. E. White Riverman v. 49 Thickets of overflowed swampland. < as lemmas |
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