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母羊 — meaning in English

mǔ yáng

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English meaning

  • ewe noun A female sheep.
  • swale noun A low tract of moist or marshy land.

Senses

母羊 is used for these senses in English:

  • ewe A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.
  • swale A low tract of moist or marshy land.
  • water meadow A low-lying area of grassland, such as that by a river, which is subject to seasonal flooding.

ewe — full definition

  1. noun A female sheep.
  2. name An ethnic group from southeastern Ghana, Togo, and Benin, or the language they speak.

swale — full definition

  1. noun A low tract of moist or marshy land.
  2. noun A long narrow and shallow trough between ridges on a beach, running parallel to the coastline.
  3. noun A shallow troughlike depression created to carry water during rainstorms or snow melts; a drainage ditch.
  4. noun Bioswale, a shallow trough dug into the land on contour (horizontally with no slope), whose purpose is to allow water time to percolate into the soil.