| 释义 |
weald
\ˈwēld, esp before pause or consonant ˈwēəld\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: from the Weald, wooded district in Kent, Surrey, & Sussex counties, southeast England, alteration (influenced by Old English weald) of Middle English Weeld the Weald, from Old English weald wood, forest — more at wold
1. : a heavily wooded area : forest
< Weald of Kent >
2. : a wild or uncultivated usually upland region : wold
< by glimmering waste and weald — Alfred Tennyson > |