moorland

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Open land that has an acidic peaty soil and is mostly covered with heather or bracken. countable,uncountable
    — The completely-industrialised outskirts of Newcastle gradually give place to rural surroundings, and the Tyne becomes a moorland river with a boulder-strewn bed.

词形变化

moorlands plural

词源

From Middle English morelond, equivalent to moor + land. Compare Old Norse mýrlendi (“moorland”).
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