1.〈美〉U 字形牛颈弯;(河流的)U字形弯曲,河套(地区)
1.a bend in a river shaped like a "U"
2.the land that lies inside the bend of a river
3.a collar for an ox used as a draft animal, consisting of a U-shaped piece of wood attached to a yoke
1.Near the top of this image, a bend in the river has almost separated from the main channel to become an oxbow lake.
在这张图片的顶部，河中的一个弯曲几乎已经从主河道中分离出去，成为一个牛轭湖了。
2.Some of the old river channels still have water in them and are known as oxbow lakes.
一些旧河道里仍然还有水，这被称为牛轭湖（oxbowlake）。
3.Horseshoe shaped lakes or oxbow lakes are not unusual in the flat plains of the lower Mississippi River and deltas of other rivers.
马蹄形湖泊或牛轭湖也是常有的密西西比河下游的平原和河流三角洲的其他。
4.An oxbow lake may survive as a water body for some time, especially if groundwater seeps into it.
U型湖作为水体的一种也许能持续一段时间，尤其当地下水汇进来。
5.East-northeast of the oxbow lake forming in these images is another lake that probably developed in similar fashion.
这些照片中正在形成的U型湖东面东北面是另一个湖，两者的成长史异曲同工。
6.Oxbow lakes, the floodplain, dry streams and tributaries, waves beating against the shore.
牛轭湖，河漫滩，干流和支流，浪涛击打的河岸。
7.He tied off both ends of the oxbow with fine black thread, snipped them, and pushed them back under the skin.
他用细黑线系住U形两端，再剪断它们，把它们放回到皮肤下面。
8.Wetlands often develop in the meander scars of dried-up oxbow lakes.
U型湖干掉后的曲流痕往往孕育出湿地。
9.Ask us about oxbow lakes, Pythagoras's theorem or which Lethal Weapon starred Patsy Kensit's breasts and we can tell you in a flash.
但是问到关于奥克斯博湖，毕达哥拉斯定理或者PatsyKensit主演的电影中她的野兽使用的致命武器，我们可以立马告诉你。
10.These images capture the development of an oxbow lake.
这组照片捕捉到了一个U型湖的发展过程。