linn

FREQ #38064

n. 瀑布, 溪谷, 崖

发音

其它 /lɪn/

词形变化

linns 复数

别名

lin lyn lynn

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.

    苏格兰
  2. 1.

    A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.

    苏格兰

    The pool is there — the true linn, in the original acceptance of the word — dark and bottomless.

    His successful angler landing the linn-lier [fish that inhabits a pool of water].

    The running of deep water in a linn.

相关短语

Linn County

词源

From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).

来源：wiktionary