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单词	billabong
释义	billabong noun bil·​la·​bong ˈbi-lə-ˌbȯŋ  -ˌbäŋ 1 Australia a : a blind channel leading out from a river b : a usually dry streambed that is filled seasonally 2 Australia : a backwater forming a stagnant pool Synonyms mere [chiefly British] pool puddle stank [British dialect] well See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong Recent Examples on the Web Sonia Namarnyilk layered three stencils to print complex patterns of mermaid-like water spirits, their fluid, bright orange undulations interspersed with playful turtles and rippling billabong plants. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 Fifteen million years ago, a river carved through the jungle, leaving an oxbow lake (known as a billabong in Australia) in its wake at McGraths Flat. New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 As iron-rich runoff from nearby basalt mountains seeped into the billabong, the pool’s low pH caused the iron to precipitate and encase the organic material. New York Times, 7 Jan. 2022 The plants and creatures were fossilized when iron-rich groundwater drained into a billabong, or water hole. Katie Hunt, CNN, 7 Jan. 2022 Recreation in the summer shrinks to barbecues, swimming in the billabong, and drinking stubbies, or bottles of beer, on Big Red under the stars. Clarissa Sebag-montefiore, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2016 Word History Etymology Wiradhuri (Australian aboriginal language of central New South Wales) bilabaŋ First Known Use 1861, in the meaning defined at sense 1a billabong noun Australian as in pool a small often deep body of water taking a break from our trek through the outback, we bathed our tired feet in the still waters of a billabong Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance pool puddle lake pond well mere basin stank hole swimming pool sinkhole water hole
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