| 单词 | bottomland |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottomland bottomland n. chiefly U.S. low-lying land, typically level land near a river; (frequently in plural) a stretch of such land; = sense A. 6a. [Attested earlier in place names and field names, as e.g. Bothumlandes (field name), Bollin Fee, Cheshire (c1300; also del Bothum de Bolyn (1361); now Bottoms).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > [noun] lowa1200 bottom1342 lowness?a1425 low countryc1450 lowland1488 lowlanda1522 downland1608 bottomland1612 bottom glade1637 lowth1691 underground1842 1612 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes Don-Quixote: Pt. 1 ii. vi. 103 Of my dyre pangs I'le only make effusion Mongst those steepe Rocks, and hollow bottom lands [Sp. profundos huecos]. 1728 Weekly News-let. (Boston) 23 May 2/2 Fifty Acres of..Meadows and Meadow Bottom Land. 1785 A. Ellicott Jrnl. 5 June in Life & Lett. (1908) 40 The Bottom-lands on this stream are very good but they are narrow. 1841 C. Cist Cincinnati in 1841 66 The larger streams are now found meandering through alluvial plains called ‘bottom lands’. 1882 H. Lansdell Through Siberia I. 220 We had a splendid view of the noble Yenesei at sunset, of its verdant bottom-lands on either side. 1903 N.Y. Evening Post 19 Sept. To complete the maturity of the bottomland crops. 1926 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 May 345/1 The lakes and sloughs ran in a vast network over the bottom lands. 1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. xiii. 405 A discouraging site: bottomland, bordered by a swamp on the Potomac side. 2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) v. 169 The first area farmed was the large Copán pocket of valley bottomland, followed by occupation of the other four bottomland pockets. < as lemmas |
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