| 单词 | the norfolk broads |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Norfolk Broads 5. In East Anglia: a large extent of fresh water; a freshwater lake. Now usually in plural, with the and capital initial, with reference to the network of lakes and rivers in the area, typically as a conservation or holiday area. Also in the Norfolk Broads, the Suffolk Broads.The Broads were traditionally thought to have formed naturally, but are now known to be flooded medieval peat excavations: see J. M. Lambert et al. Making of the Broads (1960). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > [noun] mereeOE laya1000 lakec1275 poolc1275 watera1325 loughc1330 loch1427 broad1659 Mediterranean1661 Mediterrane1694 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > broad part broad1659 1659 Sir T. Browne Let. 16 Nov. in Wks. (1931) VI. 351 Such deluges..might..settle lakes & broades. 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 376 Broads, fresh-water lakes (that is, broad waters; in distinction to narrow waters, or rivers). 1844 E. Jesse Scenes Country Life I. 82 The graceful bendings of the stream, sometimes opening into shallow broads. 1845 R. Lubbock Observ. Fauna of Norfolk 199 The Roud, as it is here always pronounced, is very plentiful on the broads, and also far from uncommon in the rivers. 1883 Academy 8 Dec. 377/1 The artistic aspect of the Broad district. 1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. i. 121 Some of the broads, such as Hickling Broad, are lateral lakes in very shallow valleys. 2015 B. le Vay Brit. from Rails (ed. 2) vi. 188 Wroxham Broad, a couple of miles downriver, is dubbed ‘The Queen of the Broads’ for its beauty. < as lemmas |
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