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

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.