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单词 blowdown
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blowdown

noun

blow·​down ˈblō-ˌdau̇n How to pronounce blowdown (audio)
1
: an instance of trees being blown down by the wind
2
: a tree blown down
also : an area of such trees

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Some blowdown is to be expected, even in untouched old growth. Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2022 Figure out the easiest approach—sometimes a longer walk through gentler terrain is better than a short sprint up a slope of blowdowns—and pick a likely opening to call the bird to. Jim Spencer, Outdoor Life, 4 May 2020 When that happens, neighbors check in on each other, often walking through deep snow or picking their way over blowdown to do so. Sylvia Poggioli, The New York Review of Books, 29 Mar. 2020 There are blowdowns blocking the creek every 40 yards. The Editors, Field & Stream, 18 Mar. 2020 At Lewis Smith, rains will mean murky water up-river, but the warm temperatures could turn on an early bite for largemouths—Chatterbaits and shallow-running crankbaits around stumps, blowdowns and rocks will find the fish. Frank Sargeant, al, 10 Jan. 2020 Crappies hang on shoreline brush, around areas where creeks drop into the main river, and up the creeks on blowdowns and stumps. Frank Sargeant, al, 13 Dec. 2019 But most of the blowdown was along the road, and that has been cleared and the trail is open again, said Hilary Markin, the forest’s public affairs officer. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2019 Two of the state’s largest wildfires lit up areas of the forest that were affected by the July 4, 1999, blowdown, including the 76,000-acre Ham Lake fire from 2007 and a part of the 93,000-acre Pagami Creek fire in 2011. Brooks Johnson, Twin Cities, 3 July 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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