vly

n. <美>沼泽, 池塘小河

发音

US /vlaɪ/

词形变化

vlies 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small swampy or marshy area, especially near a stream.

    美国
  2. 1.

    Alternative form of vlei.

词源

Attested chiefly as vly, rarely as vlaie or fly. From a dialectal form of Middle Dutch valeye, which meant "valley" in standard Dutch; a semantic shift to meaning "swamp" occurred either in Middle Dutch or independently in the speech of both the Dutch colonists of America and the Dutch colonists of South Africa (producing vlei).

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