A sheet of standing water; a lake; a pond, a pool. Now chiefly British regional and literary.
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| 释义 | the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] (71) mereeOE A sheet of standing water; a lake; a pond, a pool. Now chiefly British regional and literary. laya1000 A lake, pool. lakec1275 A large body of water entirely surrounded by land; properly, one sufficiently large to form a geographical feature, but in recent use often… poolc1275 A lake of any size. Cf. pond, n. 1c. Later also figurative: the sea. Obsolete. watera1325 spec. A body of standing water; a lake, pool, tarn, etc. loughc1330 A lake, pool. In Middle English alliterative poetry sometimes used for: Water, sea. loch1427 A lake. Also: an inlet of the sea, esp. when narrow or partially landlocked; = sea-loch n. at sea, n. compounds 6a. broad1659 In East Anglia, an extensive piece of fresh water formed by the broadening out of a river. Mediterranean1661 An inland sea or lake; a body of water nearly or entirely surrounded by land. rare. Mediterrane1694 An enclosed piece of water. Obsolete. rare. Subcategories:— conditions in (1) — part of (1) — bed of (2) — seiching (1) — stratification according to temperature (7) — circulation (2) — outfall into river (1) — large lake or inland sea (2) — small (8) — long and narrow (2) — lagoon (7) — other types (24) — specific (3) |
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