单词 | bayou |
释义 | bay·ou (bī, bīō) n. 1. A body of water, such as a creek or small river, that is a tributary of a larger body of water. 2. A sluggish stream that meanders through lowlands, marshes, or plantation grounds. [Louisiana French bayouque, bayou, ultimately (probably via Mobilian Jargon, a pidgin based on Choctaw and Chickasaw used along the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico from colonial times until the 1900s) from Choctaw bayuk, creek, river forming part of a delta.] |
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