单词 | wash-land |
释义 | > as lemmaswash-land wash-land n. a tract of land periodically overflowed by a river. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > flooded holm?c1050 wash-land1794 callow1823 khadar1828 flood-plain1873 flood-landa1881 berm1891 várzea1911 toich1948 1794 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Cambr. 191 The washlands amount to about three thousand acres. 1878 S. H. Miller & S. B. J. Skertchly Fenland i. 6 Along this course..are wash-lands which receive the waters of the river when it overflows. 1883 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 70/2 In some cases the rivers have even inner and outer banks, with washlands between them. < as lemmas |
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