terai
/təˈraɪ/(亦作terai hat)
noun
1
- a wide-brimmed felt hat, typically with a double crown, worn chiefly by travellers in subtropical regions(尤指亚热带地区旅行者带的)特赖帽, 阔边毡帽。
2
- a belt of marshy jungle lying between the lower foothills of the Himalayas and the plains山麓高草沼泽(喜马拉雅山山麓和平原之间的沼泽丛林带)。
词源
late 19th cent.: from Terai, the name of a belt of marshy jungle between the Himalayan foothills and plains, from Hindi tarāī 'marshy lowlands'.