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moorland

/moor-luhnd, -land/US // ˈmʊər lənd, -ˌlænd //UK // (ˈmʊələnd, ˈmɔː-) //

荒地,沼泽地,荒原,荒野

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British.

    • : an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.

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Examples

  • For some distance we ran through a rough moorland country, although the road was comparatively level and straight.

  • On our return from Helmsley, we noticed a byway leading across the moorland with a sign-board pointing the way "to Coxwold."

  • Scrambling through some rough woods, he came out upon a moorland reaching towards the hills.

  • There was no wild stretch of moorland here, no possibility of solitude.

  • It does not appear that the deep gloom which subsequently came over his soul oppressed him in his moorland retreat.