marram

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ammophila arenaria, a coarse grass found on sandy beaches. countable,uncountable
    — Rather would we compare these marram-tufted, wind-sculptured sand-wastes with the Red Sea litoral and the Egyptian Soudan, where Osman Digna led British troops memorable dances in the ‘nineties—alike both in their physical aspect and in their climate, red-hot by day, yet apt to be deadly chilly after sundown.
  2. Alternative form of murram. alt-of,alternative,uncountable

词形变化

marrams plural

词源

From Old Norse maralmr, a compound of marr (“sea”) and halmr (“straw, reed”).
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