lavant

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A shallow or more or less intermittent spring, or the stream of water (bourne) which feeds and springs forth from such a spring. UK,dialectal
    — Lavants, are land springs, which break out much, on the downs of Sussex, Hants, and Wilts. The country people say, that when the Lavants rise, corn will be dear; meaning, that when the earth is so glutted with water as to send[…]
  2. A violent flow or rush of water. UK,dialectal
    — How it did rain! It ran down the street in a lavant.

词形变化

lavants plural levant alternative

词源

Uncertain. Possibly from Middle English *lavand, *lavant, lavande, present participle of Middle English laven (“to stream, pour out a stream, wash”), from Old English lafian (“to pour water on, wash, lave, bathe, ladle out”), equivalent to lave + -and; or from Old French lavant, present participle of laver (“to wash”). See lave.
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