haugh

haugh — 名詞

1. a flat area of grass beside a river, especially one that lies lower than the lan

1.名詞C2
釋義

河畔草地

河邊較低、易淹水的草地

a flat area of grass beside a river, especially one that lies lower than the land around it

例句

Christopher spread a picnic blanket on the haugh beside the slow river.

Christopher 把野餐墊鋪在緩流旁的河畔草地上。

landscape noun: on the haugh beside the river

After spring floods, Karim moved the sheep off the haugh for a week.

春天淹水後，Karim 把羊群暫時趕離那片河畔草地一週。

typical riverside farming context; after floods

常見搭配
  • river haugh
  • grassy haugh
  • cross the haugh
  • walk across the haugh
  • on the haugh
同義詞
  • meadow

    broader and more common; a meadow does not have to be beside a river

  • floodplain

    more technical and wider in scope; a floodplain can include a whole low river area, not just a grassy meadow

  • river meadow

    clear everyday paraphrase; less regional than haugh

文法句型

a haugh

on the haugh

across the haugh

用法筆記

Usually names low grassy ground close to a river, especially in regional or literary landscape writing rather than everyday conversation. It refers to the flat land itself, not the steep edge of the riverbank.

常見錯誤

They sat on the haugh and dangled their feet over the water.
They sat on the riverbank and dangled their feet over the water.
a haugh is the flat grassy area beside the river, not the edge that drops straight to the water.

常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • river haugh
  • grassy haugh

常用片語

  • on the haugh
  • cross the haugh
  • walk across the haugh