| 释义 |
Definition of vlei in English: vleinoun fleɪvlʌɪ South African 1A shallow natural pool of water. Example sentencesExamples - Springs and vleis (shallow depressions) were also critical as water sources.
- 1.1mass noun Low-lying, marshy ground, covered with water during the rainy season.
Example sentencesExamples - A second flank of the fire was burning towards Kommetjie, but fire fighters were optimistic that it would burn out in a nearby vlei, which stood between the fire's present position and the village.
- In 1854 the Town of Durban was a small settlement on a sandy plane surrounded by swamps (the eastern and western vlei's) and the bay.
Origin Afrikaans, from Dutch vallei 'valley'. |