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swamp

/ˈswɑmp/ 名词 B2

中文: 沼泽、沼泽地

  1. An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
  2. A place or situation that is foul or where progress is difficult. (figuratively)
  3. The alleged corruption, cronyism, inefficiency, and entrenched interests in the federal government, especially in Washington, DC. (US)

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I must have that girl, dad, or this town is a blackjack swamp forevermore.
《Six stories from The Four Million》,第11页 · C1
“It is a swamp adder!” cried Holmes; “the deadliest snake in India.
《The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes》,第67页 · B2
Beside it were the crumbling remains of the cottages of the miners, driven away no doubt by the foul reek of the surrounding swamp.
《The Hound of the Baskervilles》,第200页 · C1

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