water meadown.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌmɛdəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌmɛdoʊ/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌmɛdoʊ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., meadow n.

Etymology: < water n. + meadow n.

A meadow that is periodically flooded by a stream or river; spec. a meadow systematically irrigated in this way to increase productivity; (in later use also more generally) a tract of wet grassland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land > meadow > water-meadow

wish898

ing1483

salt meadow1656

water meadow1719

water-meada1722

flow-meadow1834

pré salé1903

1719 Evening Post 25 July (advt.) An entire and improveable freehold estate in Dorsetshire..consisting of 60 acres of water-meadow.

1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 86 This Thrash'd Hay..has been found more Nourishing to Horses, than coarse Water-Meadow Hay.

a1789 J. Wimpey in T. Wright Meth. Watering Meadows (1790) 25 A water-meadow is laid out in arched lands similar to the segment of a circle.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlviii. 469 On the river where the water-meadows are fresh and green.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 19/2 As a preparatory step in the formation of water-meadows, it is often considered advisable to under-drain the field.

1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green ix. 148 There were kingcups..and cowslips and pale purple milkmaids in the water-meadows.

1987 S. M. Haslam River Plants W. Europe x. 199 Water meadows should be distinguished from flood meadows, which receive water in winter but have no particular controls or quality of crop.

2007 R. M. Pyle Sky Time in Gray's River 19 Soggy fields light up with silver puddles and packs of pale birds. The gulls swing one way over the water meadows, dunlins the other.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	water meadow
释义	water meadown. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌmɛdəʊ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌmɛdoʊ/, /ˈwɑdər ˌmɛdoʊ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., meadow n. Etymology: < water n. + meadow n. A meadow that is periodically flooded by a stream or river; spec. a meadow systematically irrigated in this way to increase productivity; (in later use also more generally) a tract of wet grassland. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land > meadow > water-meadow wish898 ing1483 salt meadow1656 water meadow1719 water-meada1722 flow-meadow1834 pré salé1903 1719 Evening Post 25 July (advt.) An entire and improveable freehold estate in Dorsetshire..consisting of 60 acres of water-meadow. 1733 J. Tull Horse-hoing Husbandry xiv. 86 This Thrash'd Hay..has been found more Nourishing to Horses, than coarse Water-Meadow Hay. a1789 J. Wimpey in T. Wright Meth. Watering Meadows (1790) 25 A water-meadow is laid out in arched lands similar to the segment of a circle. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xlviii. 469 On the river where the water-meadows are fresh and green. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 19/2 As a preparatory step in the formation of water-meadows, it is often considered advisable to under-drain the field. 1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green ix. 148 There were kingcups..and cowslips and pale purple milkmaids in the water-meadows. 1987 S. M. Haslam River Plants W. Europe x. 199 Water meadows should be distinguished from flood meadows, which receive water in winter but have no particular controls or quality of crop. 2007 R. M. Pyle Sky Time in Gray's River 19 Soggy fields light up with silver puddles and packs of pale birds. The gulls swing one way over the water meadows, dunlins the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1719
随便看	propulsing propulsion propulsion gun propulsion jet propulsion system propulsions propulsity propulsive propulsor propulsory propupa propupal propus propword propygidium propyl propyl acetate propyl alcohol propyl aldehyde propyl hydride propyla propylacetic acid propylacetylene propylaea propylaeum