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单词 strandveld
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Strandveldn.

Brit. /ˈstrandvɛld/, /ˈstrandvɛlt/, /ˈstrandfɛlt/, U.S. /ˈstrændvɛld/, /ˈstrændvɛlt/, South African English /ˈstrændfelt/, /ˈstrʌntfeld/
Forms: Also † strand veld, Strandveldt, etc.; strandveld.
Etymology: Afrikaans, < Dutch strand strand n.1 + veld veld n.
South African.
The southernmost coastal strip of Africa, in the district of Bredasdorp.
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1875–84 R. B. Sharpe Layard's Birds S. Afr. (rev. ed.) 47 Mr. John Van Byl's farm, Nacht-wacht in the Strand-Veldt.
1880 Trans. S. Afr. Philos. Soc. I. iii. 196 The variety is usually termed the ‘Strandveldt’ (sea-coast) locust.
1912 S. Afr. Agric. Jrnl. July 35 In the Bredasdorp district it [sc. lamziekte] occurs on the flats of the strand veld and is prevalent along the mountain ranges in the strand veld.
1953 Cape Times 3 Apr. 2/6 Bredasdorp... Mr. Hennie Geldenhuys has..killed two lynx which marauded farms in the strandveld area of the district in the summer.
1974 Standard Encycl. Southern Afr. X. 319/2 The Strandveld is..a marine terrace, some 30 to 45 metres above sea-level... The main portion is the Western Strandveld, round Elim, which is level or undulating and where agriculture is practised... To the south of the town of Bredasdorp lies the Eastern Strandveld, a drier terrain of chalky dune-sand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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