单词 | mud lump |
释义 | > as lemmasmud lump mud lump n. U.S. a mound or cone of mud or silt formed in a river delta, esp. that of the Mississippi. ΚΠ 1853 De Bow's Rev. July 78 The ‘mud lumps’ of which we hear so much, are found generally..at the outer edge of the bars, and in water as deep as five fathoms. 1944 H. T. Kane Deep Delta Country 132 The ‘mud lumps’ of the Mississippi are a phenomenon without counterpart. 1987 New Yorker 23 Feb. 56/3 The mouth was defended by a mud-lump blockade—impenetrable masses of sediment dumped by the river as it reached the still waters of the Gulf. < as lemmas |
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