A marsh is low, flat land that stays wet. The ground is soft, and water sits in it for much of the year, but it is not a deep lake and it is not the sea. Tall grasses and reeds often grow there; trees usually do not, which is one way a marsh is not quite the same as a swamp.

A marsh is沼澤指的是 low, flat land that stays wet一直濕濕的低窪平地。The ground is soft,地面是軟的 and water sits in it for much of the year,而且一年裡大半時間都積著水 but it is not a deep lake不過它不是深湖 and it is not the sea也不是海。Tall grasses and reeds often grow there;那裡常常長著高高的草和蘆葦 trees usually do not,樹通常不會長在那裡 which is one way a marsh is not quite the same as a swamp這也是沼澤（marsh）跟swamp不太一樣的地方。

Birds and insects love it. Walking on a marsh without a path is a bad idea — your shoes will sink.

Birds and insects love it鳥類和昆蟲很喜歡這種地方。Walking on a marsh without a path is a bad idea沒有路就走進沼澤不是個好主意 — your shoes will sink你的鞋子會陷下去。

We use marsh for the place itself. Though actually, people sometimes say marsh when they only mean any wet ground, even if a scientist would call it a bog or a fen. In everyday English that loose use is common, and nobody is marking you for it.

We use marsh for the place itself我們用marsh這個字來指這種地方本身。Though actually, people sometimes say marsh不過實際上，人們有時候會用marsh when they only mean any wet ground,來泛指任何濕濕的地面 even if a scientist would call it a bog or a fen即使科學家會把它叫做bog或fen。In everyday English that loose use is common,在日常英文裡這種鬆散的用法很常見 and nobody is marking you for it也不會有人因此扣你分。