| 词汇 | example_english_water-meadow |
| 释义 | Examples of water meadowThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. A wood cleared for a field or reforested, or a watermeadow drained, will be much more valuable even if the farmer forgoes the grant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They would become a kind of watermeadow as they have in the south. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the soft flood-plain approach or the watermeadow approach. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How does one cost the maintenance of an ancient watermeadow which cannot be restored were it to be destroyed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We then have the watermeadow situation, not all of which, unfortunately, is still working. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was built in the 19th century and comprised typical terraced houses on an old watermeadow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The southern meadow is continuously wet and can be considered a "true" watermeadow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It shows evidence of previous management as a watermeadow as it has a pattern of ditches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Much of the land to the south of the town centre is old watermeadow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several are intimately linked to growing hazards as pressure for new housing encroaches upon floodplains and old water meadows. In large floodplains, fresh-water herbaceous swamps or marshes and cattle-grazed water meadows surround the forest landward, up to the cultivated areas. I should perhaps have declared my interest long ago, both in fisheries and as someone who knows something about water meadows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new clause is also about water meadows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our ancestors developed the valley lands, and had wide- spread areas of water meadows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will not, for example, have the fritillary without water meadows, nor the oxlip without ancient boulder clay woods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Irrigation is no longer possible on some water meadows and the rich, lush grass occasioned by a high water table has disappeared. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Locally, we can stop covering flood plain and water meadows with concrete. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It has been claimed that it will "seriously damage the water meadows". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is manuring, the making of water meadows, or the planting of hops. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That will involve the banks of the river and the water meadows, and any other derelict land that may be lying around. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is absurd that water meadows cannot become sites of special scientific interest because chemicals have destroyed some flora. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Potato cultivation, for example, dries up water meadows—so that they cannot soak up water, silt runs off and rivers become clogged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Sometimes, perhaps as yet infrequently, that unease explodes into passionate demonstrations against plans to bulldoze ancient woodlands or to cover water meadows in tarmac. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The water meadows may turn out to be the local sewage disposal works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, the main water meadows are scarcely touched by the scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Secondly, we have spoken briefly this evening about new flood storage areas—creating new wetlands of water meadows and the like. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past, water meadows would retain water during a flood, so flooding downstream was less severe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The time-honoured way to produce good habitats in heathlands and water meadows is to graze lightly in late summer or take a light crop of hay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am also looking forward to leaving woods along woodland edges, and many farmers will do their best to recreate water meadows along streams, which non-rotational set-aside allows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In my constituency, people are concerned about the impact of the new regulatory proposals on what some call flooding and others warping—it simply means the old water meadows. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The loss of water meadows, wetlands, ponds and marshes brings about a steady drop in the water table, the long-term effects of which in dry spells cannot yet be calculated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are part of an extensive irrigation system of floated water meadows, dating from the mid-seventeenth century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Along the banks and water meadows there are 60 more endangered species, such as vascular plants, mosses, amphibians and reptiles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It was certainly used for flooding the water meadows, traces of which can still be clearly seen. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Farming of the water meadows continued until around 1930, after the closure of the navigation itself. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Today there is a large number of dry oxbow lakes, river beds and branches in the water meadows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The river is a slowly meandering stream passing through marshy, wet woodland with alder trees, water meadows and flood plains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Habitats range from swamps, carr (fen), water meadows and tall reed beds to waterlogged scrub consisting mainly of willow, where wetter areas merge with woodland. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This is a species of lowland wetlands, such as water meadows or lakes, and usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Water meadows have been replaced by arable fields and building developments, altering drainage patterns and causing pollution. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The reserve consists of two pools both surrounded by water meadows and reed beds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Woodpigeons and rooks pick at the stubble and aquatic birds such as oystercatchers forage in the water meadows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They frequently use freshwater, natural wetland habitats such as lakes, ponds, marshes, flooded grasslands, oxbow lakes, swamps, rivers and water meadows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. After several public enquiries, particularly with problems using the water meadows near the college, a route was chosen that took the motorway over the down, ultimately in a cutting. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On an agricultural note the floating of water meadows (controlled flooding of meadowland in winter to bring about earlier growth of grass for sheep) ceased in 1927. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Monet purchased additional land with a watermeadow. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Flood banks could be knocked down and water meadows created once again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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