词汇 | everglades |
词源 | Everglades. Since the early 19th century this term, appar- ently an Americanism, has been applied to the low, marshy region overgrown with tall grass in Florida. It has been sug- gested that the “ever” in the word is used loosely in the sense of “interminable.” |
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