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fen

C1 noun

fen /fɛn/ nghĩa là đầm lầy kiềm

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  1. đầm lầy kiềm

    A type of wetland fed by ground water and runoff, containing peat below the waterline, characteristically alkaline.

    Near-synonyms: marsh, swamp, bog, mire

    Bogs are acidic peatlands, while fens are non-acidic peatlands.

  2. đầm lầy

    Any swamp or mire (especially with negative connotations).

    broadly

    Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: / England hath need of thee: she is a fen / Of stagnant waters […]

    In dark fens of the Dismal Swamp / The hunted Negro lay; …

    As the sob of the breeze/Sweeps over the trees/And the mists lie low on the fen...

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fell /fɛl/