词汇 | berm |
词源 | berm. Berm is first recorded in 1854, in the sense of “the bank of a canal opposite the towing path.” The word derives from the German Berme, “a path or strip of ground along a dike,” and over the years has come to mean the side or shoulder of a road, especially in the southern U.S. |
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