单词 | raised bog |
释义 | > as lemmasraised bog raised bog n. [perhaps after German Hochmoor (1781 or earlier)] a peat bog that has a domed surface, higher in the middle than at the edge. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun] > peat-bog turf-graft1313 turbary1363 peat mire1431 peat moss1505 peatbog1550 flow-mossc1565 cess1636 peat marsh1723 yarpha1805 peat moor1821 flow bog1831 raised bog1891 mire1946 raised mire1968 1891 Bot. Gaz. 16 123 In the Province of New Brunswick there occur several large peat bogs..which have their centers raised many feet above their margins. Such raised bogs must be exceedingly rare. 1976 Nature 23 Sept. 281/1 Raised bogs represent a special type of peat bog...They..have their own water regime, with all of the moisture supplied from the atmosphere. 2006 Irish Times (Nexis) 4 Sept. 15 If this Government is serious about conserving Ireland's heritage, it would immediately ban peat extraction on all raised bogs of ecological interest. < as lemmas |
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