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单词 oxbow
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ox•bow  (oks′bō′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. aU-shaped piece of wood placed under and around the neck of an ox with its upper ends in the bar of the yoke.
  2. Geology, Geography[Physical Geog., Geol.]
    • a bow-shaped bend in a river, or the land embraced by it.
    • Also called ox′bow lake′. a bow-shaped lake formed in a former channel of a river.
  • 1325–75; Middle English; see ox, bow2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
oxbow /ˈɒksˌbəʊ/ n
  1. a U-shaped piece of wood fitted under and around the neck of a harnessed ox and attached to the yoke

  2. Also called: oxbow lake, cutoff a small curved lake lying on the flood plain of a river and constituting the remnant of a former meander
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