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单词 loch
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loch

(lɒx, lɒk)
Word forms: plural lochs
countable noun [oft in names]
A loch is a large area of water in Scotland that is completely or almost completely surrounded by land.
...twenty miles north of Loch Ness.
Synonyms: place, lake More Synonyms of loch

loch in British English

(lɒx, lɒk)
noun
1.  a Scot word for lake1
2.  Also called: sea loch
a long narrow bay or arm of the sea in Scotland
Word origin
C14: from Gaelic

loch in American English

(lɑk; lɑx)
noun Scottish
1. 
a lake
2. 
an arm of the sea, esp. when narrow and nearly surrounded by land
Word origin
ME louch < Gael & OIr: for IE base see lake1

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loch

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Examples of 'loch' in a sentence
loch

To wake up and see lochs and mountain peaks gliding past is to feel still more so.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The tiny road follows the river for more than eight miles down to a sea loch.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Scottish sea lochs were identified as the richest source.
The Sun (2012)
Go kayaking or canoeing in the lochs and rivers.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They have been there on a headland jutting into a sea loch for 4,000 years.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We followed him to a small loch, where he stood watching the current.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They graze in the fields, and roost on small local lochs.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Last October a pod of pilot whales were in danger of becoming stranded in the same sea loch.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
A hot tub overlooks the loch in which seals and otters are often seen.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Other destinations he is handling include a treehouse with a copper bath and a converted horse truck next to a Scottish loch.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Includes indoor and outdoor pools, sea, river and loch angling a restaurant and bar.
The Sun (2016)
What do Norwegian fjords and Scottish lochs have in common?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
There aren't many places more romantic than the banks of a Scottish loch.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The wind comes down on the lake, and many a family has been lost in a Scottish loch.
Christianity Today (2000)
The problem is: What was such a large vessel doing on such a small loch at such an early period?
Begg, Ean & Rich, Deike On the Trail of Merlin - a guide to the Celtic mystery tradition (1991)
We were almost always in sight of land, and anchored in sea lochs, so we could explore places inaccessible by road.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Chinese translation of 'loch'

loch

(lɔx)

n (c)

  1. 湖 (hú) (个(個), gè)

Nearby words of
loch

  • locally
  • locate
  • location
  • loch
  • lock
  • lock away
  • lock in
(noun) 
Definition
a long narrow arm of the sea
twenty miles north of Loch Ness
Synonyms
place
lake
They can go fishing in the lake.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of lake
Definition
a red dye obtained by combining a metallic compound with cochineal
They can go fishing in the lake.
Synonyms
pond,
pool,
reservoir,
loch (Scottish),
lagoon,
mere,
lough (Irish),
tarn

Nearby words of
loch

  • locate
  • located
  • location
  • loch
  • lock
  • lock someone out
  • lock someone up

Synonyms of 'loch'

loch

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