| 单词 | 沿河 |
| 释义 | 〔intervale〕Intervale is among the distinctive New England terms mapped by Hans Kurath in the Linguistic Atlas of New England in the 1940's. However, by the time the Dictionary of American Regional English surveyed the New England states 20 years later, says Craig M. Carver, author of American Regional Dialects, only three of the dozens of New England informants used the word intervale to indicate a "tract of low-lying land, especially along a river.” The word was common in New England at one time because so many settlements were made along the rivers, where the land was more fertile and the towns were accessible by water. Intervale 在汉斯·科拉斯于20世纪40年代绘制的 新英格兰语言地图 中属于有特色的英格兰名词。然而20年后 美国地区英语字典 调查新英格兰各州时，克雷格·M·卡弗， 美国地区方言 的作者，认为几十个英格兰地区讲本地话的人中只有三个使用 intervale 表示“大片地势低的土地，尤指沿河的滩地”。这个词在新英格兰很普通是因为许多人沿河定居，以及沿河的地区土地较为肥沃且通过水路也易于到达城镇 〔preacher〕River navigation in America has its own lexicon,including words for hazards encountered in riverboat travel.Large uprooted trees that had drifted down the river and become stuck in the riverbedwere sometimes known by their peculiar and dangerous characteristics.John McPhee writes for theNew Yorker : "One kind . . . known as asawyer, sawed up and down with the vagaries of the current . . .In the Yukon River, such logs—eternally bowing—are known aspreachers. In the Mississippi . . . they were allsnags. ” 在美国内河航运业有它自己的专门词汇，包括用于表示船只在航行中所遇危险的词。一些被连根拔起的大树沿河漂流而下并且固着在河床上，它们都因奇特及危险的特性而为人所知。约翰·麦克菲曾在纽约人 中写道： “有一种…被称为 sawyer （漂流木）， 随着水流的变化擦来擦去…在育空河里，这种整日里打躬的木头被叫做沉木 。 在密西西比河中…它们都被称为水中沉树 ” 〔intervale〕A tract of low-lying land, especially along a river.洼地：一大片地势低的土地，特别是沿河的滩地〔greenway〕A corridor of undeveloped land, as along a river or between urban centers, that is reserved for recreational use or environmental preservation.绿色走廊：沿河或在两个城市中心区之间的由未开发土地形成的走廊，为市民休闲娱乐或环境保护而保留〔riverfront〕The land or property along a river.河边地区，河边陆地：沿河的土地或地产 |
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