A bayou is a slow body of water in the south-east of the United States, especially in Louisiana. The water barely seems to move. Plants grow thick in it and along the banks, so it can look like a lazy river, a marsh, or a still lake with a path through trees.

A bayoubayou is a slow body of water是一種水流很慢的水域 in the south-east of the United States位在美國東南部, especially in Louisiana尤其是路易斯安那州。The water barely seems to move水看起來幾乎不流動。Plants grow thick植物長得很茂密 in it and along the banks在水裡和岸邊, so所以 it can look like a lazy river它看起來可能像一條懶洋洋的河, a marsh或沼澤, or a still lake with a path through trees或是一座有樹林小徑穿過的靜止湖。

People who live there use the word in place names and in everyday talk; outside that region it paints a picture of heat, muddy water, and wild life. It is not a fast mountain river, and it is not the sea.

People who live there住在那裡的人 use the word用這個字 in place names在地名裡 and in everyday talk和日常對話裡; outside that region在那個地區以外, it paints a picture它會讓人聯想到 of heat, muddy water, and wild life炎熱、泥濘的水和野生動物。It is not a fast mountain river它不是湍急的山中河流, and而 it is not the sea也不是海。

Though actually not every wet place in the American South is a bayou — the word belongs to that low, slow, plant-heavy water, and English borrowed both the water and the name from that corner of the country.

Though actually不過其實, not every wet place in the American South is a bayou不是美國南方每個潮濕的地方都叫bayou — the word belongs to that low, slow, plant-heavy water這個字專指那種低窪、緩慢、植物茂密的水域, and而 English borrowed both the water and the name from that corner of the country英文是從那個地方連水帶名字一起借來的。