单词 | cypress-swamp |
释义 | > as lemmascypress-swamp cypress-swamp n. U.S. A swamp having a growth of cypress. ΚΠ 1736 J. Wesley Jrnl. 22 Dec. In an hour or two we came to a cypress-swamp. 1737 J. Wesley Jrnl. 2 Dec. Cypress-swamps are mostly large ponds, in and round which cypresses grow. 1766 J. Bartram Jrnl. (1769) 11 A cypress-swamp, at the upper end of which oaks and palmettos join the river. 1817 S. R. Brown Western Gazetteer 11 Canebrakes along the river; and sometimes cypress swamps. 1868 Putnam's Mag. May 594/2 Stretching..in the rear of these great sugar-estates are the immense cypress-swamps of Louisiana. 1886 Outing (U.S.) 8 59/2 In the lonely fastnesses of a cypress swamp with only the alligator for company. < as lemmas |
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