swale 的定义
Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
- a low place in a tract of land, usually moister and often having ranker vegetation than the adjacent higher land.
- a valleylike intersection of two slopes in a piece of land.
swale 近义词
等同于 swamp
等同于 valley
等同于 marshland
等同于 muskeg
等同于 quag
等同于 slough
等同于 swampland
更多swale例句
- Just a caved-in swale of dirt and two rods poking out of the earth.
- The murmur of the nearby Swale and the notes of the English thrushes filled the air with soft melody.
- As a trailer McFann had few equals, and he knew every swale in the prairie and every nook in the mountains on the reservation.
- A turn with the steering-wheel headed the Flier for the opening, and she glided in between the sloping walls of the narrow swale.
- By and by we stopped at a place where a feller called Spangler got out and lost himself in a swale.
- The lilt of a lark hanging above the swale beside them was not sweeter than the sweetness of his voice.