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单词 bayou
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
bay•ou /ˈbaɪu, ˈbaɪoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ous. 
  1. Dialect Terms(in the southern U.S.) a body of water, usually muddy and still or with a slow current.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bay•ou  (bīo̅o̅, bīō),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ous. [Chiefly Lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf States.]
  1. Dialect Termsa marshy arm, inlet, or outlet of a lake, river, etc., usually sluggish or stagnant.
  2. Dialect Termsany of various other often boggy and slow-moving or still bodies of water.
  • Choctaw bayuk river forming part of a delta
  • Louisiana French, said to be
  • 1710–20, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bayou /ˈbaɪjuː/ n
  1. (in the southern US) a sluggish marshy tributary of a lake or river
Etymology: 18th Century: from Louisiana French, from Choctaw bayuk
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