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单词 waterland
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waterlandn.

Brit. /ˈwɔːtəland/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌlænd/, /ˈwɑdərˌlænd/
Forms: see water n. and land n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., land n.1
Etymology: < water n. + land n.1 Compare Old Frisian weterlond , Middle Dutch waterlant (Dutch waterland , also as a place name; compare Waterlander n.), Middle Low German waterlant, and also German †Wasserland (17th cent.; probably after Dutch, although compare (with diminutive suffix) early modern German wasserlendelin island (14th cent.)).
= wetland n.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > marsh, bog, or swamp > [noun]
marsheOE
fenc888
sladec893
moorOE
mossOE
marshlandlOE
lay-fena1225
lay-mirea1225
moor-fenc1275
flosha1300
strother?a1300
marish1327
carrc1330
waterlanda1382
gaseync1400
quaba1425
paludec1425
mersec1440
sumpa1450
palus?1473
wash1483
morass1489
oozea1500
bog?a1513
danka1522
fell1538
soga1552
Camarine1576
gog1583
swale1584
sink1594
haga1600
mere1609
flata1616
swamp1624
pocosin1634
frogland1651
slash1652
poldera1669
savannah1671
pond-land1686
red bog1686
swang1691
slack1719
flowa1740
wetland1743
purgatory1760
curragh1780
squall1784
marais1793
vlei1793
muskeg1806
bog-pit1820
prairie1820
fenhood1834
pakihi1851
terai1852
sponge1856
takyr1864
boglet1869
sinkhole1885
grimpen1902
sphagnum bog1911
blanket bog1939
string bog1959
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1961) Josh. xv. 19 Ȝif to me ablessynge þe souþ lond & dryȝe þou hast ȝyue to me Iune & awater lond [altered in MS from amoyste dongy lond; L. inriguam].
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 267 Sum grauel or sum watir lond kest vndir [L. Aliquid etiam terrae dulcis vel arenae subjiciendum est].
1670 A. Martindale Let. 2 Dec. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1970) VII. 294 Cheshire..may be fitly divided into upland and waterland that is such as in flouds is ordinarily overflowne by water.
1810 Morning Post 24 Dec. Mr. Oddy..has done more in a short time to promote canals, establish fisheries, improve and extend agriculture by inclosing of water lands, than perhaps any individual.
1887 ‘M. Field’ Canute the Great iii. iv. 102 My Thororin, in this drear water-land, This isle of apple-orchards?
1924 Corona (Calif.) Independent 4 Mar. Long Beach has taken more from its waterlands in the form of oil royalties than the total cost of those lands when they were purchased.
1954 J. R. R. Tolkien Two Towers iii. iv. 79 The Entwives..saw the..green herbs in the waterlands in summer.
2002 R. Schweid Consider the Eel vi. 135 Weirs were..used on the fens in the waterlands of East Anglia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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