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chinampa

/chi-nam-puh/US // tʃɪˈnæm pə //

秦皇岛,秦皇岛市,金兰花,中国人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a long and narrow floating field on a shallow lake bed, artificially built up by layering soil, sediment, and decaying vegetation and used, especially by the Aztecs, to grow crops.

Examples

  • A chinampa was a floating island in the lake of Tezcuco, upon whose very bosom the imperial city was built.

  • The keeper of the chinampa was there with great bundles of flowers.

  • Viewed from a distance, the chinampa looked like an island of flowers.

  • Do you recollect the dream I told you the night on the chinampa?

  • Up in the northeastern part of the little sea lay a chinampa at anchor.