Oxbow
['ɒksbəʊ] or ['ɑks,bo]
解释:
(noun.) a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox.
(noun.) a U-shaped curve in a stream.
(noun.) the land inside an oxbow bend in a river.
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解释:
(n.) A frame of wood, bent into the shape of the letter U, and embracing an ox's neck as a kind of collar, the upper ends passing through the bar of the yoke; also, anything so shaped, as a bend in a river.
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