marsh
noun /mɑːʃ/
/mɑːrʃ/
[countable, uncountable]- enlarge imagean area of low land that is always soft and wet because there is nowhere for the water to flow away to
湿地；沼泽；草本沼泽 - Cows were grazing on the marshes.
牛群在湿地上吃草。 - After so much rain, the field had become a marsh (= a very wet area).
下了这么多雨，田地变成了沼泽地。 - The land is colonized by various types of marsh vegetation.
这块地上长满了各种沼泽植物。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coastal
- salt
- saltwater
- …
- drain
- grass
- plant
- bird
- …
- in a/the marsh
- on a/the marsh
词源Old English mer(i)sc (perhaps influenced by late Latin mariscus ‘marsh’), of West Germanic origin. - Cows were grazing on the marshes.
