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po·co·sin AHD[pə-kōʹsĭn] D.J.[pəˈkəʊsɪn]K.K.[pəˈkosɪn]n.Chiefly South Atlantic U.S.(名词)【多用于美国南大西洋沿岸】- A swamp in an upland coastal region. Also called Regional dismal 浅沼泽:沿海地区高地中的沼泽 也作 【区域的】 dismal
- [Possibly of Virginia Algonquian origin] [可能源于弗吉尼亚的阿尔贡金语]
注释- In coastal Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the Carolinas,a swamp or marsh can be called apocosin or a dismal, the second term illustrated in the name of the Dismal Swamp on the border of North Carolina and Virginia.The wordpocosin possibly comes from Virginia Algonquian. The early settlers usedpocosin as a designation for low, swampy ground, especially a wooded swamp.在大西洋沿岸的弗吉尼亚、马里兰、特拉华和南北卡罗来纳州,一片沼泽或湿地可被称作pocosin 或 dismal, 后一称呼在位于北卡罗莱那和弗吉尼亚边界的迪斯默尔沼泽的名称中得到了说明。Pocosin 可能来自弗吉尼亚的阿尔贡金语。 早期的殖民者们用pocosin 作为低而潮湿的地面的称呼, 尤其是一片长有树木的沼泽
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