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单词 the sink of
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the sink of ——
b. the sink of ——, a flat, low-lying part of (a region), into or across which rivers flow.
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1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. xxv. 161 Ghilan is generally esteemed the sink of Persia.
1801 H. Skrine Rivers Great Brit. 68 This [sc. the flat around Howden] may be called the sink of Yorkshire, the country being deep, and occasionally sandy.
1996 E. Lord in J. Roding & L. H. van Voss North Sea & Culture i. 73 This is low lying land [sc. the Fens] that has been described as the sink of England because of the many rivers draining across it.
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