单词 | cedar-swamp |
释义 | > as lemmascedar-swamp cedar-swamp n. North American a swamp in which the cedar is the prevailing tree. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > with trees carrc1440 pine swamp1635 cedar-swamp1637 maple swamp1667 bay-swamp1741 bay-gall1775 bay1795 taiga1888 1637 in New Plymouth Col. Rec. (1855) I. 51 A parcell of land..betweene the two cedar swamps at Iland Creeke Pond. 1775 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 2nd ser. I. 233 At 2 o'clock I crossed the 3d pond and encamped in a cedar swamp. 1793 J. MacDonell Diary 18 June in C. M. Gates Five Fur Traders (1933) 81 A ditch..which nature seems to have made through the centre of a cedar Swamp. 1840 in Trans. Mich. Agric. Soc. (1855) 6 291 Sandy ridges, with intervening swales, and cedar swamps. 1871 S. de Vere Americanisms (1872) 420 The Cedar Swamps..in the South are uniformly low grounds under water, and filled with cypresses. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xiv. 267 The pine-barrens and cedar-swamps of America. 1904 S. E. White Blazed Trail Stories vi. 87 The high beech-ridge..ended in a narrow cedar-swamp. < as lemmas |
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