【bayou】 - A-level备考词汇

bayou

UK:  ['baɪuː]

US:  ['baɪ.u]

复数：bayous  

n.

1.浅滩海湾

2.(美国南部的)牛轭湖;长沼;(江,湖的)沼泽出入口

3.河川的支流

4.河囗

5.滞水河道

6.分流

7.小溪

8.慢流河段

9.旁流

10.河流入口

1 . A legend of a huge creature, neither man nor beast, which lives in the deep cypress shadows of the Louisiana bayou .
它关于一个生物，非人类也非野兽，生活在路易斯安那海湾深邃的柏树阴影下。

2 . Hank " Buddy " Leitch Muldoon is the rather dimwitted son of a recently deceased Bayou smuggling lord.
绰号“密友”，是最近死去的河口走私巨头（上次的刺杀目标）的白痴儿子；

3 . The sun sets over a bayou near Larose, Louisiana, on July 24, 2010, as tropical storm Bonnie roils towards land.
太阳下山，7月24日，2010年，在附近拉罗斯，路易斯安那州，河口热带风暴邦尼对土地roils。

4 . slough: Also slue A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, an inlet, or a backwater.
也作slue停滞的水域，泥泞的沼泽：浑浊的沼泽、湿地、泥塘或池塘，尤指作为海湾、水湾或死水的一部分

5 . be in coastal with bayou around , depth of water often has a few meters only , more shallow even.
在沿岸和河口四周，水深往往只有几米，甚至更浅。