an area of low land that is always soft and wet because there is nowhere for the water to flow away to 湿地;沼泽;草本沼泽 Cows were grazing on the marshes. 牛群在湿地上吃草。 After so much rain, the field had become a marsh (= a very wet area). 下了这么多雨,田地变成了沼泽地。 The land is colonized by various types of marsh vegetation. 这块地上长满了各种沼泽植物。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- coastal
- salt
- saltwater
- …
- drain
- grass
- plant
- bird
- …
- in a/the marsh
- on a/the marsh
Word OriginOld English mer(i)sc (perhaps influenced by late Latin mariscus ‘marsh’), of West Germanic origin.