单词 | polje |
释义 | poljen. Physical Geography. An enclosed plain in a karstic region (esp. in Slovenia) that is larger than an uvala, usually having steep enclosing walls and a covering of alluvium, and in many cases becoming an intermittent lake. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > level land > [noun] > level place or plain > in specific country savannah1555 llano1613 vega1645 steppea1670 pampasa1672 pampas1703 prairie1773 veld1785 Great Plains1794 puszta1839 campo1863 polje1894 mudflats1947 1876 Times 1 Feb. 10/3 Still further to the left was the Popovo polje, and here and there we could catch the cries of the sheep and goat herds to their flocks. 1877 G. M. Mackenzie & A. P. Irby Trav. Slavonic Prov. (ed. 2) I. iii. 51 The fields and fertile lands..are circled..by mountain walls, and often approachable only by difficult mountain portals... A large band of Bashi-bazouks..broke into the polje.] 1894 Geogr. Jrnl. 3 323 The poljen occur at low levels, and therefore receive an enormous supply of ‘ground water’,..which the underground outlet cannot carry..fast enough. 1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 20 428 In spring..the floors of the polyes are flooded. 1958 Geogr. Jrnl. 124 41 Some of the largest polja are found among the Dinaric Alps in the hinterland of Split. 1993 Caves & Caving Winter 34/2 The enormous glaciers, ice fields and 16 ft of rain per year has resulted in a huge variety of karst features; large uvalas, some poljes, cone karst, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1894 |
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