fen

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n. 沼泽, 沼池

发音

其它 /fɛn/

词形变化

fens 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.

    Near-synonyms: marsh, swamp, bog, mire

  2. 2.

    Any swamp or mire (especially with negative connotations).

    Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee: she is a fen / Of stagnant waters […]

    In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; …

  3. 1.

    A unit of currency in China, one-hundredth of a yuan.

    分

  4. 1.

    a plural of fan used by enthusiasts of science fiction, fantasy, and anime, partly from whimsy and partly to distinguish themselves from fans of sport, etc.

    俚语
  5. 1.

    A fennec fox.

    非正式 俚语
  6. 1.

    A kind of mildew that grows on hops.

    废旧 不可数
interj.
  1. 1.

    Used in children's games to prevent or forestall another player's action; a check or bar.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

marsh fenland marshland

上位词 1

wetland

下位词 1

salt marsh

整体词 1

jiao

相关短语

fen cricket fen crickets fen nettle fen nettles Fen River 汾河 fen fire fen fires fen nightingale fen nightingales Fen Drayton fen goose Silicon Fen femme fen fake fen Mareham le Fen

词源

From Middle English fen, fenne, from Old English fenn (“fen; marsh; mud; dirt”), Proto-West Germanic *fani, from Proto-Germanic *fanją, from Proto-Indo-European *pen- (“bog, mire”). See also West Frisian fean, Dutch veen, German Fenn, Norwegian fen; also Middle Irish en (“water”), enach (“swamp”), Old Prussian pannean (“peat-bog”), Sanskrit पङ्क (paṅka, “marsh, mud, mire, slough”).

来源：wiktionary