lough

名词 n.
/lɒk/|/lɒx/    /lɑk/|/lɑx/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland. Ireland
    — Outside, a freezing wind whips across Belfast lough […].
  2. lake, pool Cumbria,Northumbria

词形变化

loughs plural loughs plural

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Irish loch (from Old Irish loch), from Proto-Celtic *loku (“lake, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“pond, pool”). Doublet of lay, loch, and Looe.
词源 2
From Middle English lough, logh, luh, borrowed from Cumbric *luch, derived from Proto-Brythonic *lux, from Proto-Celtic *lokus (“lake, pool”).
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