carr

FREQ #14943

发音

UK /kɑː/
US /kɑɹ/

词形变化

carrs 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any marsh; marshy ground, swampland.

  2. 2.

    In particular, a marsh or fen formed when the litter of decaying reeds (e.g. in a lake) raises the ground level above the water, allowing more vegetation like sedges and then low bushes or trees to grow; a marshy woodland. (Compare marsh, swamp, bog, fen.)

  3. 1.

    Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).

    古体
  4. 1.

    Rock.

相关短语

alder carr Batley Carr

词源

From Middle English kerr and Middle English carr meaning meadow, field or grassland of a low lying variety; possibly related to Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.

来源：wiktionary