weald

n. 旷野, 林地

发音

UK /wiːld/
其它
US /wild/

词形变化

wealds 复数 wealds

别名

wild

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A forest or wood.

    古体
  2. 2.

    An open country.

    古体

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

country

相关短语

North Weald Bassett Harrow Weald North Weald South Weald Sevenoaks Weald

词源

From Middle English weeld, wæld, (also wold, wald > English wold), from (West Saxon dialect) Old English weald, from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz. Compare German Wald, Dutch woud. See also wold, ultimately of the same origin. Largely displaced by forest.

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