veld

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /vɛlt/|/fɛlt/|/vɛld/    美 /vɛlt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The open grassland or pastureland of South Africa and neighbouring countries. South-Africa
    — In the Bokke-velds, as they are called, theſe animals [springbok] are found in great numbers, and ſometimes at Roode-Zand.

词形变化

velds plural veldt alternative,dated

词源

Borrowed from Afrikaans veld, or from its etymon Dutch veld (“field; open country”) (formerly spelled veldt), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *felþuz (“field, plain”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of field.
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