bay·ou /ˈbaɪ(ˌ)u, (ˌ)o/
海灣,支流,河口
Bay·ou n.; pl. Bayous An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U. S.]
A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W. Cable.
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bayou
n : a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used
mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana)