单词 | wetland |
释义 | wetland (once / 4093 pages) n WORD FAMILY wetland: wetlands USAGE EXAMPLESThe parcel adjoins Jacobs Point Park on Anderson Island, which with the acquisition now totals 100 acres of prime forest, wetlands and beach. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) In India, agricultural expansion would force crops into habitats like wetlands that act as important buffers against flooding and sea-level rise. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) The project would eliminate 16.6 acres of wetlands, much of which includes land a U.S. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) n a low area where the land is saturated with water Exp|Hypo|Hyper Everglades a large subtropical swamp in southern Florida that is noted for its wildlife Okefenokee Swampa large swampy area of northeast Florida and southeast Georgia bog, peat bog wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel fen, fenland, marsh, marshlandlow-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a transition zone between land and water swamp, swamplandlow land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog mire, morass, quag, quagmire, slacka soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot salt marshlow-lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater slougha stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) slougha hollow filled with mud ground, land, soil material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) |
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