marsh

英 [mɑːʃ] 美[mɑrʃ]
  • n. 沼泽;湿地
  • adj. 沼泽的;生长在沼泽地的
  • n. (Marsh)人名;(俄)马尔什;(英、瑞典)马什

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词态变化


复数: marshes;形容词: marshy;

助记提示


1. marsh―― 协音"马死" -- 想一想马掉在沼泽地中死去 -- 沼泽地.
2. 想想当年红军二万五千里长征的时候,翻雪山过草地的场景,当时的草地就是沼泽地,当时很多战马就是因为掉进了沼泽地的泥潭里死掉了。

中文词源


marsh 沼泽,湿地

来自Proto-Germanic*marisko,来自PIE*mori,海,湖泊,-iskos,形容词后缀。即湖泊状的,引申词义沼泽,湿地。

英文词源


marsh
marsh: [OE] The immediate origin of marsh is Germanic: it comes from a prehistoric West Germanic. *marisk-, which also produced German marsch and Dutch marsk. This was probably a derivative of Germanic *mari ‘sea’ (source of English mere ‘lake’), whose relatives included Latin mare ‘sea’ (source of English marine).
=> marine, mere
marsh (n.)
Old English mersc, merisc "marsh, swamp," from Proto-Germanic *marisko (cognates: Old Frisian and Old Saxon marsk "marsh," Middle Dutch mersch, Dutch mars, German Marsch, Danish marsk), probably from Proto-Germanic *mari- "sea" (see mere (n.)).

双语例句


1. They sometimes sank knee-deep into the marsh.
他们不时陷入没膝的湿地。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A posse of Marsh's friends persuaded them that this was a bad idea.
马什的一群朋友劝他们说这是个馊主意。

来自柯林斯例句

3. At her London Hotel today Miss Marsh told reporters she might retire.
今天在伦敦旅馆,马什小姐告诉记者她可能要退休.

来自新概念英语第一册

4. The air, too, smelt more freshly than down beside the marsh.
这里的空气也比下面沼泽地旁清新多了.

来自英汉文学 - 金银岛

5. Marsh calls for fairly careful review of the agency decision.
马什一案要求对机构的决议进行公正认真的审查.

来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法